nada selvagem com pena de si.
Cai de um galho um passarinho
morto de frio sem que nunca tivesse
pena de si.
SELF-PITY
I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.
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LAWRENCE, D. H. The complete poems. Ware: Wordsworth, 2002. p. 382.