O teu nome desenhado nas águas do rio.

© [m.m. botelho] | vídeo | vila do conde | novembro de 2006

Repouso

Devias ter um nome, para que to pudesse
dizer ao ouvido, quando acordasses, e o azul
da manhã te limpasse do rosto a sua cor
nocturna. Veria a luz passar por
sobre os teus cabelos, e falar-te-ia das ilhas
que nos esperam, num oceano sem nome;
e dar-me-ias a tua mão, num instante longo
como a eternidade, enquanto procuro
o teu nome para te chamar, e ouvir-te
dizer-me que acordaste para o dia
sem fim que tem o teu nome.

Nuno Júdice | A a Z | Junho de 2006

Acerca do vídeo: filmado em Vila do Conde, na manhã de 13 de Novembro de 2006; na banda sonora, Nightswimming dos R.E.M., do álbum Automatic For The People [1992].



Nightswimming deserves a quiet night. / The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago, / turned around backwards so the windshield shows. / Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse. / Still, it's so much clearer. / I forgot my shirt at the water's edge. / The moon is low tonight.
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night. / I'm not sure all these people understand. / It's not like years ago, / The fear of getting caught, / of recklessness and water. / They cannot see me naked. / These things, they go away, / replaced by everyday.
Nightswimming, remembering that night. / September's coming soon. / I'm pining for the moon. / And what if there were two / Side by side in orbit / Around the fairest sun? / That bright, tight forever drum / could not describe nightswimming. / You, I thought I knew you. / You I cannot judge. / You, I thought you knew me, / this one laughing quietly underneath my breath.
Nightswimming. / The photograph reflects, / every streetlight a reminder. / Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night.