Paolo Veronese, Mars and Venus United by Love, c. 1570 She took me by the hand, with amorous desire,and said she had given me her heart:she led me beneath branches of cool leaveswhere I saw flowers of every color:and there I felt such joy and sweetnessthat the god of love – I seemed to see. …
Guido Cavalcanti – Per man mi prese d’amorosa voglia / She took me by the hand Read More »
Guido Reni (1575-1642), The Suicide of Lucretia We should love, madly love, without seeing what we love, because to see is to understand, and to understand is to scorn. Bisognerebbe amare, amare follemente, senza vedere ciò che si ama, perchè vedere è comprendere, e comprendere è disprezzare. This is a personal translation. Please contact me …
Guy de Maupassant – Bisognerebbe amare / We should love Read More »
Edvard Munch, Eye in eye, 1894 Così tu hai potuto davvero scordarloche tanto a lungo m’hai dato il tuo cuorequel dolce, falso tuo piccolo cuoreche più dolce e più falso io non potrei trovarlo,dunque hai scordato l’amore e il doloreche m’hanno stretto il cuore, ed io non so capirequale fosse più intenso, se il dolore …
Marcus Stone, In love, 1888 The last sound of your goodbye,I told him that I knew nothingand that it wasthe time requiredto learn the why of the matter.So, between the stonesI knew that sum is to uniteand subtract that leaves usalone and empty.That the colors reflectthe naive desire of the eye.That solfeggi and the solimplore …
Luis Sepúlveda – La più bella storia d’amore / The most beautiful love story Read More »
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), Susanna and the Elders, c. 1555 He who, most ungrateful, leaves me, I belove;and he who, devoted, pursues me, I dare leave.Thus, constantly, I adore who makes me grieve;I aggrieve who, ever constant, offers love.When I offer my love, a diamond hardens;and a diamond I am to sweet affection.Great victory I want …
Marc Chagall, Lovers in the moonlight, 1938 “Well (thou´ll say) hearing stars! Certainlythou´ve lost your mind!” And I´ll say to thee, howeverthat, to hear them, many times I wakeand open the windows, palid in awe…And we talk all night long, whilethe milky way, as an open canopy,shines. And, at the coming of the sun, missing …
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