Valentina - Part 1 (translation below)

It's a long story, I'm in love with an engaged girl, Valentina ... had to get it off my chest :(

Se fosse pintor, a sua imagem pintaria,

à velha arte novo e maior esplendor daria,

ela è a musa de cada minha fantasia,

sua pele de bebe, tocar nao osaria,

duas lindas estrelas do céu caira'

e posaram-se nos seus olhos de mina.

Se fosse poeta e as palavras minhas amigas,

pra dar aeterna fama ao seu nome as usarias,

tem o sorriso manhoso de uma menina,

seus desejos sao ordems, è uma rainha,

coraçao de princesa, meiguice de fada,

tudo ela tem, nao le falta nada.

Se fosse cantor e minha voz agradavel,

cantaria-le meu amor miseravel,

a cada acorde do meu violao,

um verso de pura emoçao,

de baixo de sua janela iluminada,

gritaria as letras de uma cançao inventada.

Mas nada disto pode me ajudar

pois outros labios ela prefere beijar.

Translation:

If I were a painter, her image I'd paint,

to the ancient arts new and higher grandeur I'd give,

she's the muse of all my fantasies,

her baby-like skin, I wouldn't dare touching,

two beautiful stars have fallen from sky

and landed in her girly eyes.

If I were a poet and words were my friends,

I'd use'em to give everlasting fame to her name,

she has the sly smile of a girl,

her wishes are orders, she's a queen,

princess' heart, fairy's sweetness,

everything she has, she doesn't lack of anything.

If I were a singer and my voice was pleasant,

I'd sing her my desperate love,

in every note of my guitar,

a verse of pure sentiment,

under her lighted window,

I'd cry the lyrics of a made-up song.

But none of these can help me,

because other lips she prefer kissing.

Author's Note

Any mistake with English or Portuguese, please tell me :)
Comments are welcome :)
Second (and last) part coming tomorrow

Reviews

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

Indeed sad, though beautifully written about someone. Very sweet. Sometimes we love what we can't have.

[CHRIS ANDES]

wow,this is awesome
and sweet
=]

[Falling Leaf.]

Ciao,

I'm not great with Portuguese yet so I cannot help you there. But what I could understand and what I read later in the English poem was so beautiful..and so sad. This is vivid and heartwrenching.

Arrivederci!

[外人 (Gaijin)]

Thx :) Yep, I'm never lucky when it's up to love, as I say all my love stories are 100% plathonic xD

[Falling Leaf.]

Platonic? Oh, that hurts, I daresay. I can understand completely :/

[外人 (Gaijin)]

yep, my bad xD Platonic :)

[Falling Leaf.]

Lol it's okay :)

[Coyote Poetry]

A beautiful poem my friend. I like the flow of thoughts and the very good ending. Thank you for sharing the excellent poem.
Coyote

[axel]

nice poem

[Krista Weiss]

Aww!! Really good!! And sorry :( Hopefully everything will happen for the right reasons!! < 3

[MandaBear]

Really great and beautiful. I guess we got out of writers block huh? lol

[quinfinn]

very nicely done. this has a sweetness about it which is utterly charming

[Ahmad Cox]

Very sweet and beautiful love poem. I really enjoyed it.

[Leslie Philibert]

Really good. Didn`t spot any mistakes in the English version - Portuguese I don`t understand. I really like the content, this conjunctive form ( were...) and the constant, well thought through structure ( singer, poet..) You did very well here.