Henri Le Sidaner, The mirror, 1900 Perdono pe’ nostri dolci peccati per avere spesso guardato teneramente dissiparsi il giorno dall’ombra e il silenzio dei casini sognando di andare con una fanciulla senza seni lungo l’Arno rosa e la voglia di piangere racchiusa nel cuore come un’onda preziosa. Perdono per esserci creduti forti più della morte …
Arnold Böcklin, Honeymoon, 1890 Once more the stars of love cross clear over our cloudy heads there where we sit unknowing on opposite banks. And it appears natural never to have seen you or heard you and to gaze at you in an ancient light. Desire or regret? Desire and regret, a lone bitter fever. …
Mario Luzi – Di nuovo gli astri d’amore traversano / Once more the stars of love cross Read More »
Mikhail Vrubel, Demon and Angel with Tamara’s Soul, 1891 C’è una pozza di sangue tra te e me. Mio Dio, chi l’ha versato? Chiunque sia stato, caro, è sangue sprecato. Ma io so che l’amore mio, se mi aprirai le braccia, potrà vederlo asciugato. Vieni, non tardare. Do you know this poem in English? Please …
Mario Luzi – La giovane ebrea al suo amato musulmano Read More »
Rene Magritte, The Lovers, 1928 What brings you here, love, what journey has the wind given you? Darkness surrounds these clear days, flows perhaps in this opaque light here where in unsteady or in stable spots gold filters and wine matures. I pluck this splendid fruit from the sky, I close my eyes to what …
Raphael (Raffaello), Ezekiel’s Vision, c. 1518 The thought pursues me through this dreary town where the wind sweeps down from the high plateau and where a diving chimney swift can cut the slender thread of mountains far away. So soon come forty years of restlessness, of tedium, of unexpected joy, quick as a gust of …
Mario Luzi – Nell’imminenza dei quarant’anni / On Approaching Forty Read More »
Mario Luzi was an Italian poet. He was a prominent member of Hermeticism. His main themes are disquiet, conflict, search for identity and meaning of life in lonely, windy and harsh landscapes.
Create a website and earn with Altervista - Disclaimer - Report Abuse - Privacy Policy - Customize advertising tracking
