ÁLVARO DE CAMPOS - NÃO ESTOU PENSANDO EM NADA

I’m not thinking about anything
And this central thing, which isn’t even a thing,
Is as agreeable to me as the night air,
Fresh to me in contrast with the hot summer of day.

I’m not thinking about anything, how fine!

Not thinking about anything
Is having your soul whole and to yourself.
Not thinking about anything
Is living intimately
The flux and reflux of life...

I’m not thinking about anything.
Except, it’s like I’m lying down uncomfortably.
A pain in the back, or in the side of the back:
There’s a bitter taste in my soul:
It is, ultimately,
That I’m thinking about nothing,
But really, about nothing,
Nothing...

FJP-30 MAIO 2017.