Songs of the Portuguese are like boats at sea - they travel from one soul to another with the risk of sinking. Fernando Pessoa. This "quatrain in the folk style" speaks of poetry, which is the most precious element in this bilingual pocketbook. The majority of his texts are more substantial and in prose: old and new short stories, jokes, literary miniatures, proverbs - all equally valuable! The book offers German readers who have a sympathy for Portugal and perhaps even wish to learn Portuguese an engaging, entertaining, and educational read at a respectable level.