John Byam Liston Shaw, Silent Noon, 1894 Relieve my heart from this insane season of love full of secret memories. His beauty – like a golden sandal – hit my forehead above my thoughts. His beauty – the only possible in the world – and his young heart thrown into the hedgerows of my poor …
Alda Merini – Liberatemi il cuore / Relieve my heart Read More »
Erté (1892-1990), Blossom umbrella It snowed a lot on my destiny a pouring and happy rain as the one of saints. Any land would have been fine but the grandeur of madness was my biggest cult. In Turin I planted out secret roots I came up with a commandment which I have never obeyed and …
Alda Merini – Ha nevicato molto sul mio destino / It snowed a lot on my destiny Read More »
Gustav Klimt, Hope, 1908 Those like me hand out dreams, even at the cost of being left dreamless… Those like me give away their soul, because a soul is like a drop of water in the desert. Those like me stretch out a hand and help you get up, while running the risk of falling …
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Summer offering, 1911 I was born in spring the twentyone not knowing that to be born insane, to open the turfs a tempest could unchain. And thus gentle Proserpina sees rain fall upon the grasses, upon the large gentle grains and always weeps at night. Perhaps it is her prayer. (Transl. by Ercole …
Alda Merini – Sono nata il ventuno a primavera / I was born in spring the twentyone Read More »
Arnold Böcklin, Triton and Nereid, 1875 I met wonders in you love wonders so new they looked like shells where I could smell the sea and simple empty beaches I got lost in that love as in a storm but I kept my heart very still because I knew so well that it loved an …
Alda Merini – Ho conosciuto in te le meraviglie / I met wonders in you Read More »
Giovanni Segantini, Vanity, 1897 No one brushes my hair as well as the wind. Nessuno mi pettina bene come il vento. Go back to album – Alda Merini
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