Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Louis-Ferdinand Celine -Taci ti prego / Please, be quiet

Arnold Böcklin, Vestal, 1874 Please, be quiet, stay still, dust just remains of these todays,  I will disappear soon and you  will be only fire. Taci ti prego, resta così immutabile appena polvere di questi oggi rimane presto scomparirò e tu resterai soltanto fuoco. Do you know a different English translation? Please contact me, this …

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Louis-Ferdinand Celine – Gli occhi fissi su di me / Eyes staring at me

Théodore Géricault, The wreck, c. 1824 Eyes staring at me like the lights of Procida. Teeth as sea rocks – on my forehead the waves of regret, the fateful foam  of reproach. I ran in the rain – but I was so far – or were just the dark pupils of the night – which …

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Louis-Ferdinand Celine – Silvia e il soldato

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Self-portrait as a soldier, 1915 Gocce, sacchi incolumi di sapienza, battiti continui, indissolubili. Perle disperse sotto un telo velato. Arrivano oggi anime inibite e chiavi vergini graffiate appena dalla sabbia intanto stillano i cinerei passanti il succo amaro dell’abbondanza. Do you know this poem in English? Please contact me Go back to …

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