Tenho a alma feita pequena

English translation: My soul is humbled

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Portuguese term or phrase:Tenho a alma feita pequena
English translation:My soul is humbled
Entered by: Oliver Simões

15:22 Jan 24, 2019
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Fernando Pessoa
Portuguese term or phrase: Tenho a alma feita pequena
Looking for a poetic translation that makes sense. Thank you in advance.

"A vida é como uma sombra que passa por sobre um rio
Ou como um passo na alfombra de um quarto que jaz vazio;
O amor é um sono que chega para o pouco ser que se é;
A glória concede e nega; não tem verdades a fé.
Por isso na orla morena da praia calada e só,
Tenho a alma feita pequena, livre de mágoa e de dó;
Sonho sem quase já ser, perco sem nunca ter tido,
E comecei a morrer muito antes de ter vivido. (...)"
-- Fernando Pessoa
Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 23:40
My soul is humbled
Explanation:
His soul is made humble by the grandiosity of things.
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Uvierode Woglo
Brazil
Local time: 03:40
Grading comment
Thank you, Uvierode. Thank you all.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1My soul is humbled
Uvierode Woglo
3I have a humble soul...
Clauwolf
3my soul has dwindled/shriveled
Verginia Ophof


  

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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
I have a humble soul...


Explanation:
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Clauwolf
Local time: 03:40
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 23
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
My soul is humbled


Explanation:
His soul is made humble by the grandiosity of things.

Uvierode Woglo
Brazil
Local time: 03:40
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you, Uvierode. Thank you all.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Katarina Peters: // and I would continue: released from sorrow and pain
1 day 10 hrs
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
my soul has dwindled/shriveled


Explanation:
suggestion

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 00:40
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 87
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