Porto 波爾圖
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Title
Porto 波爾圖
Creator
Professor Hui Cheuk Kuen, Desmond (許焯權教授)
Description
“All Porto geese/ speak Portuguese.” Geese, a short poem by Volodymyr Knyr, 2014
It was a breathtaking view of the city coming across the Douro River on the upper deck of Luiz I Bridge. By the time one moves through the viewing spots either by cable car or on foot to the historic centre along the south bank, one already has a pretty good impression of Porto as the second largest city of Portugal and one of Europe’s oldest centres of culture. A vantage view along the river looking back at where one comes from would include a fleet of Rabelos carrying barrels of port produced from the wine cellars (caves) in the district, all facing westward as if they destine to reach the new world beyond the Atlantic…
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/short/porto
“波爾圖鵝/ 都說葡語。” 《 鵝》, 一首短詩。沃洛迪米爾. 尼克爾作, 2014
從橫跨杜羅河的路易一世大橋的上層漫步，可以看到波爾圖驚險壯麗的景觀，假如你過河後乘纜車或徒步走到南岸的歷史城區，應該對這個葡萄牙第二大城市及歐洲其中一個最古老的文化中心有了相當的印象。沿著河岸回望大橋的方向，你會看到一艘艘運載從舊城區酒窖出產一桶桶砵酒的長尾艇，它們都列向西方，似乎要跨越大西洋到彼岸的新天地...
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/short/porto. 作者譯。
It was a breathtaking view of the city coming across the Douro River on the upper deck of Luiz I Bridge. By the time one moves through the viewing spots either by cable car or on foot to the historic centre along the south bank, one already has a pretty good impression of Porto as the second largest city of Portugal and one of Europe’s oldest centres of culture. A vantage view along the river looking back at where one comes from would include a fleet of Rabelos carrying barrels of port produced from the wine cellars (caves) in the district, all facing westward as if they destine to reach the new world beyond the Atlantic…
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/short/porto
“波爾圖鵝/ 都說葡語。” 《 鵝》, 一首短詩。沃洛迪米爾. 尼克爾作, 2014
從橫跨杜羅河的路易一世大橋的上層漫步，可以看到波爾圖驚險壯麗的景觀，假如你過河後乘纜車或徒步走到南岸的歷史城區，應該對這個葡萄牙第二大城市及歐洲其中一個最古老的文化中心有了相當的印象。沿著河岸回望大橋的方向，你會看到一艘艘運載從舊城區酒窖出產一桶桶砵酒的長尾艇，它們都列向西方，似乎要跨越大西洋到彼岸的新天地...
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/short/porto. 作者譯。
Date Created
July 6, 2019
Spatial Coverage
Porto, Portugal
Coloration
Multicolored
Genre/Form
Watercolors