Our little neighbor, Valeska, has proved herself quite the poet! The following verses were composed about/for us on the occasion of Kasey's 23rd birthday! In the poem our names are switched for Brazilian ones: Kasey is Anabela, Annika is Carolina, and Alisha is Julia. We love this poem and find it so subtly beautiful, both in Portuguese and in English. It feels like a moment in time . . . delicately captured. We think her writing is so talented and mature for a nine-year-old!
As Tres Meninas
Arabela abri a janela
Carolina erguia a curtina
Julia apenas sorri.
Arabella foi sempre a mais bela
Carolina sempre a mais sabida
Julia, apenas ela sorri.
Arabela opens the window
Carolina draws the curtain
Julia just smiles.
Arabela has always been the most beautiful
Carolina always the smartest
Julia, she just smiles.
As translated by Annika:
The Three GirlsCarolina draws the curtain
Julia just smiles.
Arabela has always been the most beautiful
Carolina always the smartest
Julia, she just smiles.
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| Valeska with a drawing she did of "as tres meninas" . . .! |
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