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Otto René Castillo – Eravamo così lontani / We were so far

By booksofart / - Various / fight, sea, waiting

Gustave Courtois, Persée délivrant Andromède, 1913 We were so far from each otherseas were among us,and mountains, and waters,fire and wind.Long years of dark sorrowwere among us.But we met– despite everything –because lifewillfully desired it. (Transl. by D. Foglia) Eravamo così lontani uno dall’altramari c’erano fra noimontagne e acquefuoco e vento.Lunghi anni di oscura disperazionec’erano …

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Giuseppe Ungaretti – 13 settembre 1966

By booksofart / Giuseppe Ungaretti / interior, Love poems, waiting

Ron Hicks, On the phone, 2013 Le mani con un tremito del telefono stringevano il filo; mi aveva poco prima recato la tua voce che mi diceva addio. Un vagante raggio ebbe la luce, tenue filo dell’anima del mio bacio donato solo dal desiderio. Ma dall’esilio ci libererà l’ostinato mio amore. Do you know this …

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Nazik Al-Malaika – Invito alla vita

By booksofart / - Various / female poets, fight, Love poems

Paolo Pagani, Jupiter and Semele, 1693 Arrabbiati, ti amo arrabbiato e ribelle, rivoluzione cocente, esplosione. Ho odiato il fuoco che dorme in te, sii di brace diventa una vena appassionata, che grida e s’infuria. Arrabbiati, il tuo spirito non vuole morire non essere silenzio innanzi al quale scateno la mia tempesta. La cenere degli altri …

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Sergei A. Yesenin – Non ho rimpianti / I do not regret

By booksofart / Sergei Yesenin / melancholy, time, winter

Jules Breton, Last flowers, 1890 I do not regret, and I do not shed tears, all, like haze off apple-trees, must pass. Turning gold, I’m fading, it appears, I will not be young again, alas. Having got to know the touch of coolness I will not feel, as before, so good. And the land of …

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Mikhail Lermontov – Solitudine / Loneliness

By booksofart / - Various / desert, loneliness, time, waiting

Francesco Hayez, Penitent Mary Magdalene, 1825 It’s Hell for us to draw the fettersof life in alienation, stiff.All people prefer to share gladness,and nobody – to share grief.As a king of air, I’m lone here,the pain lives in my heart, so grim,and I can see that, to the fearof fate, years pass me by like …

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James Joyce – Ricordo degli attori nello specchio a mezzanotte / A Memory of the Players in a Mirror at Midnight

By booksofart / James Joyce / mask, mirror

Honoré Daumier, The Drama, 1860 They mouth love’s language. Gnashthe thirteen teethyour lean jaws grin with. Lashyour itch and quailing, nude greed of the flesh.Love’s breath in you is stale, worded or sung,as sour as cat’s breath,harsh of tongue.This grey that stareslies not, stark skin and bone.leave greasy lips their kissing. Nonewill choose her what …

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Day: April 17, 2020

Otto René Castillo – Eravamo così lontani / We were so far

Giuseppe Ungaretti – 13 settembre 1966

Nazik Al-Malaika – Invito alla vita

Sergei A. Yesenin – Non ho rimpianti / I do not regret

Mikhail Lermontov – Solitudine / Loneliness

James Joyce – Ricordo degli attori nello specchio a mezzanotte / A Memory of the Players in a Mirror at Midnight

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