21. Recife set on the waters

  On the sea of Veronese green, and on the Capibaribe and on the Beberibe¹ of a dark bay mud color, but which, in the morning, when the sleepy waters still flow lazily, transform themselves into perfect flawless mirrors which reflect the old pink theatre, the palm trees and the bridges, the cement and metal bridges, the belfries and the roofs of old Recife; on the Capibaribe and on the Beberibe, where can also be seen skyscrapers of a hundred eyes, whose ugliness we forgive when, at night, their masses confounded in darkness, they are nothing but invisible columns carrying high in the sky luminous billboards of ever-changing colors, whose flowing reflections under the evening breeze offer us a magical spectacle. We part regretfully when a sudden downpour comes to interrupt our enchantment. 
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