Frederic Leighton, Dante in exile, 1864 He did not return, even after his death, to that ancient city he was rooted in. Going away, he did not pause for breath nor look back. My song is for him. Torches, night, a last embrace, fate, a wild howl, at his threshold. Out of hell he sent …
Jakub Schikaneder, Evening in the garden, 1907 Evening and slanting, downward goes my way. Yesterday in love still, “Don’t forget” you prayed. Now there’s only shepherds’ cry, and glancing winds, and the worried cedars stand by clear springs. Ho davanti la via isoscele della sera. Già ieri, innamorato, supplicava: “Non dimenticarmi”. E adesso solamente i …
Philip Richard Morris (1833-1902), Girl on a balcony watching a couple by a lake I won’t beg for your love. It’s safely laid aside…. I won’t be penning jealous letters to your bride. But be wise, take my advice: give her my poems to read, give her my photos beside — be kind to the …
Anna Akhmatova – Non è il tuo amore che domando / I won’t beg for your love Read More »
Tintoretto, Leda and the swan, c. 1555 Era geloso tenero appassionato, mi amava come un sole divino, ma perché non cantasse il passato ha ucciso il mio uccello alburnino. Entrando nella stanza al tramonto – “Amami – disse – ridi, scrivi versi! “ e ho seppellito l’allegro uccello oltre il pozzo tondo, al vecchio ontano. Ho promesso che non avrei pianto, ma …
Edgar Degas, L’absinthe, 1876 I drink to home, that is lost, to evil life of mine, to loneness in which we’re both, and to your future, fine, — to lips by which I was betrayed, to eyes that deathly cold, to that that the world is bad and that we were not saved by God. …
Anna Akhmatova – Ultimo brindisi / The Last Toast Read More »
Federico Rossano (1835-1912), Winter I haven’t locked the door, nor lit the candles, you don’t know, don’t care, that tired I haven’t the strength to decide to go to bed. Seeing the fields fade in the sunset murk of pine-needles, and to know all is lost, that life is a cursed hell: I’ve got drunk …
Anna Akhmatova – In una notte bianca / White night Read More »
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