Ode to Pessoa's Multiple Poems

 
Oh Pessoa, master of masks and souls,
who unfolds in multiple verses,
in each heteronym, a universe,
in each poem, a new being.

Alberto Caeiro, shepherd of the fields,
with simplicity and wisdom,
describes nature in its purity
and teaches us to see the world with clarity.

Ricardo Reis, serene epicurean,
with his odes of calm and resignation,
celebrates life with measure and reason
and invites us to live with moderation.

Álvaro de Campos, sensitive engineer,
with his eagerness and modernity,
explores the pain and euphoria of the city
and reveals to us the soul in its intensity.

And you, Fernando, the orthonym,
who finds yourself among so many,
you are the synthesis of all selves.
Poet who multiplies himself in himself.

Oh Pessoa, you and your genius
show us that we are many in one.
That the human soul is vast and infinite
and in each one of us is a poet awakening.