Educar - é um acto de amor

Ensinar – é uma competência técnica.
Educar – é um acto de amor,
Não é apenas dialéctica,
Tem uma componente profética,
Um olhar descortinador.

Serve-se conhecimento fresquinho,
Como numa brisa matinal,
Que nos leva de mansinho,
À verdade essencial.

Aprende-se a fruir
Dos conhecimentos do mundo,
Da Educação da Terra,
Da paixão que ela encerra,
Com vista a construir,
Um saber convicto, profundo.

São aquelas pedagogias,
Que se centram nos formandos,
Que desencadeiam sabedorias,
Que nos mantêm navegando:
Na senda do amor,
No papel de educador.

Félix Rodrigues

Aveiro, 24 de Julho de 2008.

Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around

I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my toes
Love is all around me
And so the feeling grows
Its written on the wind
Its everywhere I go, oh yes it is
So if you really love me
Come on and let it show
You know I love you, I always will
My minds made up by the
Way that I feel
Theres no beginning,
Therell be no end
cause on my love you can depend
I see your face before me
As I lay on my bed
I kinda get to thinking
Of all the things you said, oh yes I did
You gave your promise to me and i
Gave mine to you
I need someone beside me
In everything I do, oh yes I do
You know I love you, I always will,
My minds made up by the
Way that I feel
Theres no beginning,
Therell be no end
cause on my love you can depend
Got to keep it moving
Oh its written in the wind
Oh everywhere I go, yeah, oh well
So if you really love me, love me, love me
Come on and let it show
Come on and let it show
Come on and let it
Come on and let it (come and let it show, baby)
Come on, come on, come on let it show baby
Come on and let it show
Come on and let it show, baby
Come on and let it show

By bit (bit by bit, bit by bit)....

Lichen species

Mercúrio-Líquido

Escorre-nos por entre os dedos

O brilho prateado do mercúrio,

Solvente puro da nobreza,

Mas não da pobreza,

Do brilho aureo do Sol,

Mas não da escura morte.

Corre nas águas límpidas do Amazonas

O deus das sandálias aladas,

Mas não da liberdade.

É veneno escamoteado,

Que nunca é encontrado

Quando se garimpa a vida,

Na miséria que se tem

Ou no engano que nos sustem.

Félix Rodrigues
Angra do Heroísmo, 5 de Julho de 2008

How Can I Go On ( de Fred Mercury)

When all the salt is taken from the sea
I stand dethroned, I'm naked and I bleed
But when your finger points so savagely
Is anybody there to believe in me
To hear my plea and take care of me?

How can I go on, from day to day
Who can make me strong in every way
Where can I be safe, where can I belong
In this great big world of sadness
How can I forget those beautiful dreams that we shared
They're lost and they're nowhere to be found
How can I go on?

Sometimes I seem to tremble in the dark, I cannot see
When people frighten me
I try to hide myself so far from the crowd
Is anybody there to comfort me
Lord, take care of me

How can I go on (how can I go on)
From day to day (from day to day)
Who can make me strong (who can make me strong)
In every way (in every way)
Where can f be safe (where can I be safe)
Where can I belong (where can I belong)
In this great big world of sadness
(In this great big world of sadness)
How can I forget (how can I forget)
Those beautiful dreams that we shared
(Those beautiful dreams that we shared)
They're lost and they're nowhere to be found
How can I go on?

How can I go on? How can I go on? Go on, go on, go on

De um calhau, salto p'ro mundo

Sou cidadão do Mundo,
Culturalmente Europeu,
Sociologicamente português.
Só sei, quem afinal sou eu,
Quando às duas por três,
O calhau que me acolheu
Me considera vagabundo.

Atarraco-me como uma lapa,
Na busca de identidade:
Crio círculos e diferenças,
Porque eu com as minhas crenças
Procuro concentricidade,
Aqui, de onde nada escapa.

Nessa concha, a minha casa,
Como bicho me aconchego
E a todo o lado chego,
Confortável, mas talvez cego,
Sinto que o Mundo me abraça.

Sou cidadão do Mundo,
Desta Aldeia Global,
Qualquer sentimento profundo
Sinto-o aqui no Local.

Como uma lapa me agarro,
Num calhau à beira-mar,
Construindo o meu lar.

Quando preso, vejo a liberdade,
Encontro a identidade.

De um calhau, salto p’ro Mundo.

Félix Rodrigues

(Ribeira Grande, 2 de Julho, 2008)

3 Doors Down - Citizen Soldier

Beyond the boundaries of your city's lights.
Stand the heroes waiting for your cries.
So many times you did not bring this on yourself.
When the moment finally comes, I'll be there to help.

And on that day, when you need your brothers and sisters to care.
I'll be right here.

Citizen soldiers.
Holding the light for the ones that we guide from the dark of despair.
Standing on guard for the ones that we've sheltered.
We'll always be ready because we will always be there.

When there're people crying in the streets.
When they're starving for a meal to eat.
When they simply need a place to make their beds.
Right here underneath my wing, you can rest your head.

On that day, when you need your brothers and sisters to care.
I'll be right here.

Citizen soldiers.
Holding the light for the ones that we guide from the dark of despair.
Standing on guard for the ones that we've sheltered.
We'll always be ready because we will always be there.

Hope and pray, that you never need me.
The rest assured I will not let you down.
I walk beside you, but you may not see me.
The strongest among you may not wear a crown.

On that day when you need your brothers and sisters to care.
I'll be right here.
On that day when you don't have strength for the burden you bear.
I'll be right here.

Citizen soldiers.
Holding the light for the ones that we guide from the dark of despair.
Standing on guard for the ones that we've sheltered.
We'll always be ready because we will always be there.