Day: November 26, 2019

Yevgeny Yevtushenko – Se porti il bene o il male / Let time decide

Guy Pene du Bois, The old met, 1930 Let time decide now whether you’ve been for good or ill. Imprisoned by your tether, I’ve really had my fill. Your calls are unrelenting, but at receiver’s bray my neighbour, tale inventing, insists that I’m away. And you disturb me daily with all your wretched screeds. I’m …

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Blaga Dimitrova – Mi avvolgano ali / Let wings enshroud me

Evelyn De Morgan, Boreas and Oreithyia, 1896 Let wings enshroud me, not close me. My spirit is free, not folded; not behind my shoulders, safely secure, but side by side against wind in storm. Mi avvolgano ali, senza racchiudermi. Il mio spirito aperto, non in me ripiegata. Non dietro a una spalla, al sicuro protetta, …

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