friendship

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – Ai miei canti

Auguste Hirsch, Kalliope teaching music to Orpheus, 1865 Siate, piccoli amati canti, testimoni della mia letizia; Ah, non tornerà di certo la primavera di questi giorni! Presto partirà l’amico scherzoso, l’amico mio, a cui vi ho destinati. Ahimè, anche questo cuore forse presto piangerà l’amata! Ma se, dopo la pena del distacco, il suo sguardo …

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Bertolt Brecht – Mi fai spuntare le lacrime, fratello / Brother, you make my eyes wet

John Everett Millais, The Woodman’s Daughter, 1851 Brother, you make my eyes wet,I see your life is no fun. Here is an apple. See, I have three, so I can give you one. I see nothing excessive about it: we can both live. Only promise me, that you in your greed will not swallow the seeds, rather that you, before I depart,will …

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Emily Bronte – Love and Friendship

Viktor Vasnetsov, Snow maiden, 1899 Love is like the wild rose-briar, Friendship like the holly-tree— The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms But which will bloom most constantly? The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring, Its summer blossoms scent the air; Yet wait till winter comes again And who will call the wild-briar fair?  Then scorn the silly rose-wreath now And deck thee …

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Charles Bukowski – Voi sapete e io so e tu sai / You know and I know and thee know

Jean-Eugène Buland, Le Tripot, 1883 You know and I know and thee knowthat as the yellow shade ripsas the cat leaps wild-eyedas the old bartender leans on the woodas the hummingbird sleepsyou know and I know and thee knowas the tanks practice on false battlefieldsas your tires work the freewayas the midget drunk on cheap …

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