Day: April 7, 2020

Pedro Calderon de la Barca – La vita è sogno / Life is a dream

Pablo Picasso, The dawn serenade, 1965 What man is there alive who’d seek to reignsince he must wake into the dream that’s death.The rich man dreams his wealth which is his careand woe. The poor man dreams his sufferings.He dreams who thrives and prospers in this life.He dreams who toils and strives. He dreams who …

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Mikhail Lermontov – Sulla strada esco solo / I Go Out On The Road Alone

John Atkinson Grimshaw, A Yorkshire Lane in November, 1873 I come out to the path, alone,night and wildness are referred to God,through the mist, the road gleams with stone,stars are speaking in the shinning lot.There is grave and wonderful in heaven;earth is sleeping in a pale-blue light…Why is then my heart such pined and heavy?Is …

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Li Bai (Li Po) – Tristezza d’autunno / By the Great Wall

Katsushika Hokusai, Young Woman with Origami, 1798 He rides his white charger by the Fortalice of Gold,she wanders in dreams amid the desert cloud and sand.It is a season of sorrow that she scarce can endure,thinking of her soldier lover at the border fort.The fireflies, flitting about, swarm at her window,while the moon slowly passes …

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