Georges Seurat, The Circus, 1891 In the carousels of the liethe red horse of your smileturnsand I am standing frozen therewith the sad whip of realityand I have nothing to sayyour smile is as trueas my four truths. Nel carosello della menzognail cavallo rosso del tuo sorriso giradrittoben piantatoeccomi quacon la triste frusta della realtàe non …
Jacques Prevert – Il cavallo rosso / The red horse Read More »
Konstantin Somov, Italian comedy, 1914 “Put off that mask of burning goldwith emerald eyes.”“O no, my dear, you make so boldTo find if hearts be wild and wise,and yet not cold.”“I would but find what’s there to find,love or deceit.”“It was the mask engaged your mind,and after set your heart to beat,not what’s behind.”“But lest …
Rafal Olbinski, Explicit introspection, 2000 ca My tears are like the quiet drift Of petals from some magic rose; And all my grief flows from the rift Of unremembered skies and snows. I think, that if I touched the earth, It would crumble; It is so sad and beautiful, So tremulously like a dream. Le …
Dylan Thomas – Il pagliaccio sulla luna / Clown In The Moon Read More »
Aubrey Beardsley, Lucian’s strange creatures, 1894 O make me a mask and a wall to shut from your spies Of the sharp, enamelled eyes and the spectacled claws Rape and rebellion in the nurseries of my face, Gag of dumbstruck tree to block from bare enemies The bayonet tongue in this undefended prayerpiece, The present …
Dylan Thomas – Oh, fatemi una maschera / O Make Me A Mask Read More »
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