I Have More Souls Than One

I Have More Souls Than One
de Fernando Pessoa

Penguin Modern: 19
PENGUIN BOOKS, 2018
9780241339602
64 pp.

"But no, she's abstract, is a bird
Of sound in the air of air soaring,
And her soul sings unencumbered
Because the song's what makes her sing."

Dramatic, lyrical and ranging over four distinct personae, these poems by one of Portugal's greatest poets trace a mind shaken by intense suffering and a tireless search for meaning.