From "My Glance Is Clear Like a Sunflower"

From "My Glance Is Clear Like a Sunflower"

by Fernando Pessoa

I believe in the World as in a daisy
Because I see it. But I don't think about it
Because thinking is not understanding...


The World was not made for us to think about
(To think is to be eye-sick)
But for us to look at and be in tune with...


I have no philosophy: I have senses...
If I speak of Nature, it's not because I know what Nature is,
But because I love it, and that's why I love it,
For a lover never knows what he loves,
Why he loves or what love is...



Loving is eternal innocence,
And the only innocence is not to think...


(translated by Alberto Caeiro)