Giovanni Boldini, Laundresses, 1874 A plow without oxen or strap sits in a field half grey, half black. In the mist, it looks forgotten. And up from the pond , the sound of laundresses, beating wet cloth against stone as they sing: Strong winds rain the petals down and still you won’t come home. You …
Claude Lorrain, Villa In The Roman Campagna, 1653 Alone and thoughtful, through the most desolate fields, I go measuring out slow, hesitant paces, and keep my eyes intent on fleeing any place where human footsteps mark the sand. I find no other defence to protect me from other people’s open notice, since in my aspect, …
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch)- Alone and thoughtful / Solo et pensoso Read More »
Jean-François Millet, Angelus, 1859 The endless mock of the fathers cuts the secret wrinkles of our unhappy mask. Within the deep light, oh confused silence, you insist like the rabid cicadas. Incide le rughe segrete della nostra infelice maschera la beffa infinita dei padri. Tu, nella luce fonda, o confuso silenzio, insisti come le cicale …
Peder Mørk Mønsted,St. Andrea Church in Torbole, 1909 Evening at twilight entwines amidst fountains and my village takes shelter in reticent colors. I recall from a far distance the humming of frogs, the moon, the sad cries of the crickets. Rosario’s singing slowly diminishes across the fields while to the sounds of church bells I …
Pier Paolo Pasolini – Song of Church Bells / Canto delle Campane Read More »
Jules Bastien-Lepage, At harvest time, 1880 These hard hills that have made my body, and stir it with so many memories, opened to me the wonder of this woman, who does not know I live her and cannot understand her. I met her one evening: a lighter speck under the ambiguous stars, in the haze …
Uros Predic, Kosovo Maiden, 1919 You do not know the hills where the blood has spread. We all escaped, we all cast off the weapon and the name. A woman watched us flee. All but one of us: he stopped, his fist clenched, he saw the empty sky, he bowed his head and died under …
Cesare Pavese – You do not know the hills/Tu non sai le colline Read More »
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