Ariane (The Poem)

This Poem by Miguel Torga is the origin of the Boat Name

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Ariane is a ship.
She as masts, sails and a flag in the bow,
And she came on a white, cold day,
On the river Tagus in Lisbon.

Filled with dreams, she anchored

Inside of the clarity of these bars…

A Swan of all ships, which was gone but has returned

Only to the eyes of one who is homesick.

There were two frigates that came to see

One such miracle as this: it was a ship

That floated there, waiting for me

Among the gulls that live on the river.

But I could not, even with my feet

Leave this imprisoned body,

And raise anchor, and fall into the arms

Of Ariane, the ship.

Written in 1940 by the Portuguese Poet Miguel Torga, while arrested by Salazar dictator in the Aljube Prison in Lisbon.

MIGUEL TORGA

Aljube Jail - Lisbon, 1 Jan 1940

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