Translations of Fernando Pessoa's Autopsicografia (Self-Analysis)
Portuguese text of the entire poem
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O poeta é um fingidor. Finge tão completamente
Que chega a fingir que é dor A dor que deveras sente. —Fernando Pessoa
The poet is a fraud. He is so completely fraudulent that he begins to fake that he feels pain, pain that he may legitimately feel from his fraudulent deeds. –Ray Maxwell’s translation
The poet is a fake. His faking seems so real that he will fake the ache Which he can really feel. —Keith Bosley
The poet fancying each belief So wholly through and through
Ends by imagining the grief He really feels is true. —Roy Campbell
The poet is a feigner. He feigns so completely That he even feigns that he is suffering The pains that he is really experiencing. —Ernesto Guerra Da Cal
Poets are people who feign They feign so thoroughly,
They’ll even mime as pain The pain they suffer really. —Jonathan Griffin
(Poets feign and conceal So completely feign and pretend
That the pain which they really feel They’ll feign for you in the end —Michael Hamburger
The poet is a faker. He Fakes it so completely,
He even fakes he’s suffering The pain he’s really feeling. —Edwin Honig
The poet is a pretender. He pretends so completely
That he even pretends The pain he really feels. —Marilyn Scarantino Jones
The poet is a feigner. So completely does he feign
that the pain he truly feels he even feigns as pain. —Jean R. Longland
The poet is a forger who Forges so completely that
He forges even the feeling He feels truly as pain —George Monteiro
The poet is a forger. He forges so thoroughly
That he even forges the pain He really feels as pain —George Monteiro
The poet is a pretender. Pretend as completely
That comes to pretend that pain is The pain that they really feel.
—Google Translate (Douglas Storm)
Poets are liars. They lie so completely
That they make up pain Even when they’re hurting. —James Parr
The poet is an inventor. He invents so completely
That he succeeds in inventing That the pain he really feels is pain. —F.E.G. Quintanilha
The poet’s good at pretending, Such a master of the art
He even manages to pretend The pain he really feels is pain —Peter Rickard
The poet is a feigner his feiging so complete
that he comes to feign a grief in the grief he really feels. —Raymond Sayers
Poets pretend They pretend so well
They even pretend They suffer what they suffer. —Martin Seymour-Smith
The poet is a faker Who’s so good at his act
He even fakes the pain Of pain he feels in fact. —Richard Zenith
Portuguese text of the entire poem
Reading of the original text
Learn more about Fernando Pessoa!
O poeta é um fingidor. Finge tão completamente
Que chega a fingir que é dor A dor que deveras sente. —Fernando Pessoa
The poet is a fraud. He is so completely fraudulent that he begins to fake that he feels pain, pain that he may legitimately feel from his fraudulent deeds. –Ray Maxwell’s translation
The poet is a fake. His faking seems so real that he will fake the ache Which he can really feel. —Keith Bosley
The poet fancying each belief So wholly through and through
Ends by imagining the grief He really feels is true. —Roy Campbell
The poet is a feigner. He feigns so completely That he even feigns that he is suffering The pains that he is really experiencing. —Ernesto Guerra Da Cal
Poets are people who feign They feign so thoroughly,
They’ll even mime as pain The pain they suffer really. —Jonathan Griffin
(Poets feign and conceal So completely feign and pretend
That the pain which they really feel They’ll feign for you in the end —Michael Hamburger
The poet is a faker. He Fakes it so completely,
He even fakes he’s suffering The pain he’s really feeling. —Edwin Honig
The poet is a pretender. He pretends so completely
That he even pretends The pain he really feels. —Marilyn Scarantino Jones
The poet is a feigner. So completely does he feign
that the pain he truly feels he even feigns as pain. —Jean R. Longland
The poet is a forger who Forges so completely that
He forges even the feeling He feels truly as pain —George Monteiro
The poet is a forger. He forges so thoroughly
That he even forges the pain He really feels as pain —George Monteiro
The poet is a pretender. Pretend as completely
That comes to pretend that pain is The pain that they really feel.
—Google Translate (Douglas Storm)
Poets are liars. They lie so completely
That they make up pain Even when they’re hurting. —James Parr
The poet is an inventor. He invents so completely
That he succeeds in inventing That the pain he really feels is pain. —F.E.G. Quintanilha
The poet’s good at pretending, Such a master of the art
He even manages to pretend The pain he really feels is pain —Peter Rickard
The poet is a feigner his feiging so complete
that he comes to feign a grief in the grief he really feels. —Raymond Sayers
Poets pretend They pretend so well
They even pretend They suffer what they suffer. —Martin Seymour-Smith
The poet is a faker Who’s so good at his act
He even fakes the pain Of pain he feels in fact. —Richard Zenith
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