Since it gives me so much bliss
to give you everything I can
The more I pay you, the more I owe.
• Quoted by Elizabeth Bishop in the dedication of Questions of Travel (1965) to Lota de Macedo Soares, her Brazilian lover.
to give you everything I can
The more I pay you, the more I owe.
• Quoted by Elizabeth Bishop in the dedication of Questions of Travel (1965) to Lota de Macedo Soares, her Brazilian lover.
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Porque é tamanha bem-aventurança
o dar-vos quanto tenho e quanto posso,
quanto mais vos pago, mais vos devo.
— Luís de Camões
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Porque é tamanha bem-aventurança
o dar-vos quanto tenho e quanto posso,
quanto mais vos pago, mais vos devo." in the context of "Since it gives me so much bliss
to give you everything I can
The more I pay you, the more I owe.
• Quoted by Elizabeth Bishop in the dedication of Questions of Travel (1965) to Lota de Macedo Soares, her Brazilian lover.
" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Luís de Camões" (Quotes, Lyric poetry, Não pode tirar-me as esperanças, Quem vê, Senhora, claro e manifesto: As translated by Richard Zenith (in Sonnets and Other Poems))
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About Luís de Camões
Luís Vaz de Camões (or de Camoens) (c. 1524 – June 10 1580) is considered the national poet of Portugal and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama, but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads), the influence of which is so profound that Portuguese is sometimes called the "language of Camões".
About Luís de Camões
Luís Vaz de Camões (or de Camoens) (c. 1524 – June 10 1580) is considered the national poet of Portugal and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama, but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads), the influence of which is so profound that Portuguese is sometimes called the "language of Camões".
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