THE Embassy of Brazil in Manila has officially presented the Portuguese version of Dr. Jose P. Rizal’s “Mi ultimo adios (My Last Farewell).
THE Embassy of Brazil in Manila has officially presented the Portuguese version of Dr. Jose P. Rizal’sAmbassador Gilberto Fonseca Guimarães de Moura led the unveiling of a plaque with words rendered in his native Portuguese—the official and national language of Brazil—at Fort Santiago in Manila on the occasion of Rizal’s birth anniversary last June.
He said it took the embassy a “long time” to complete the translation: “We had to send the manuscript to the Brazilian it is a very beautiful literary work that we…want to change absolutely nothing. It should be very precise: the rhythm, the metric, and also the expressions and words used.” Assistant Secretary for Cultural Diplomacy Celia Anna Feria from the Department of Foreign Affairs thanked the Brazilian Embassy for initiating the project: “This is the first translation of Mi ultimo adios to Portuguese…there is now a body of 230 million Portuguese speakers around the world— in Portuguese.”
“Even some of the reporters who did not understand the original Spanish manuscript really cried because of heartfelt, even though the words escaped them,” Pasion shared.Andres Bonifacio and other historical figures who figured in the revolution against Spain translated the poem in their respective languages or dialects.
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