I'M LISTENING
I’m listening yet I don’t know
If what I hear is silence
or God.
I’m listening but I can’t tell
If I hear the plane of emptiness echoing
Or a keen consciousness that
At the bounds of the universe
Deciphers and watches me.
I only know that I walk like someone
Beheld, beloved and known
And because of this I put into my every moment
Solemnity and risk.
Sophia de Mello-Breyner
Translated from the Portugese
by Lisa Sapinkophf
