Day: May 24, 2019

Dylan Thomas – Orecchi ascoltano nelle torrette / Ears in the turrets hear

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach, Isle of the Dead, 1905 ca Ears in the turrets hearHands grumble on the door,Eyes in the gables seeThe fingers at the locks.Shall I unbolt or stayAlone till the day I dieUnseen by stranger-eyesIn this white house?Hands, hold you poison or grapes?Beyond this island boundBy a thin sea of fleshAnd a bone …

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Dylan Thomas – Resta immobile, dormi nella bonaccia / Lie still, sleep becalmed

Ivan Aivazovsky, The black sea at night, 1879 Lie still, sleep becalmed, sufferer with the wound In the throat, burning and turning. All night afloat On the silent sea we have heard the sound That came from the wound wrapped in the salt sheet. Under the mile off moon we trembled listening To the sea …

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Dylan Thomas – Splendessero lanterne / Should lanterns shine

Jean Delville, Mysteriosa, 1892 Should lanterns shine, the holy face, Caught in an octagon of unaccustomed light, Would wither up, an any boy of love Look twice before he fell from grace. The features in their private dark Are formed of flesh, but let the false day come And from her lips the faded pigments …

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