"Navegações Doentes" - Poema de Ana Luísa Amaral

 

  
Julius LeBlanc Stewart (American artist, 1855–1919), Disappointment:
Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt (French stage actress, 1844–1923), 1882.

[“Disappointment” is an oil on panel painting by the American realism artist, Julius LeBlanc Stewart, from 1882. Stewart is most known for his artwork depicting the Belle Époque period in Paris, when prosperity, wealth, and peace allowed the arts to flourish.
In this painting, a woman is sitting on a chair at home. An envelope lies open on the floor. A letter is resting on her knees, visible against the fabric of her dress as it makes its way to the floor. In her left hand, she delicately holds a teacup. She looks off to her right, lost in thought. The woman has obviously just received some very disappointing news. 
This is thought to be a portrait of the famous French stage actress, Sarah Bernhardt. Bernhardt was 38 years old at the time and at the height of her fame. She was a muse and model for many artists of her day, including Alfred Stevens, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Georges Clairin, and Alphonse Mucha. Bernhardt became famous during the beginning of the Belle Époque period in the 1870s. She made the transition from stage to early film seamlessly. Sarah Bernhardt was commonly referred to as “the most famous actress the world has ever known”.] (daqui)

Navegações Doentes


Tenho os sintomas todos:
navegam-me fluídos
e o devaneio em barcos de desejo

os sons de trovoada
mesmo tapando ouvidos:
esclerótica paixão que não domino

tenho os sintomas todos
e assim me reconheço
acamada, incurável: na parede do fundo
navegantes os barcos


Ana Luísa Amaral 
(Poetisa portuguesa, tradutora e professora, 1956–2022)