Lines by Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa
Portuguese poet · 1888–1935
Fernando Pessoa wrote under dozens of invented names, each with its own style and life. Mensagem, the only book of his Portuguese poems published in his lifetime, appeared in 1934.
Everything is worth it if the soul is not small.
Tudo vale a pena / Se a alma não é pequena.
Mensagem, Mar Portuguez, stanza 2
Planet-X translation, 2026 · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)