Giorgio de Chirico, Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1968 Don’t ask me for words that might define our formless soul, publish it in letters of fire, and set it shining, lost crocus in a dusty field. Ah, that man so confidently striding, friend to others and himself, careless that the dog day’s sun might stamp his …
Eugenio Montale – Don’t ask me for words / Non chiederci la parola Read More »
Franz von Stuck, Kiss of the Sphinx, 1895 Siamo in piedi, rigidi e dimenticati, sull’orlo di un precipizio selvaggio, l’uno all’altra attaccati; né un lamento, lacrima o parola: per precipitare basta una mossa. Come legami di carne e sangue ci proteggono le nostre labbra, blu e tremanti, ci tengono attaccati. Finché mi baci non abbiamo …
Jean-Leon Gerome, Polyphemus, 1902 Once in my younger days I sailed the length of the Dalmation coast. Islets of rock lilied the surface of the water, perches for the occasional bird intent on food. The rocks were slick and algae-draped and bright as emeralds in the sun, but when high tide or night concealed them, …
Girolamo da Carpi, The rape of Ganymede, 1544 E allora, aquila bicipite, verso dove abbiamo preso il volo con una ignominiosa nuova gloria, verso le tormente cecene? Là, per vergogna e paura, sulle vette guardarsi negli occhi l’un l’altra due teste aquiline non potranno. Chi ti strappò le penne sopra ceneri e polvere? No, non …
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Between Hope and Fear, 1876 The stranger had a wound and we knew it not. How painful a sigh, marked you ? he heaved when he drank his third cup, and the roses, shedding their petals, fell from his garlands all upon the ground. He is badly burnt, by the gods, my …
Jan Van Kessel, The day’s catch – Harbour Scene with Fish, 1661 Preserve these words against a time of cold, a day of fear: man survives like a fish, stranded, beached, but intent on adapting itself to some deep, cellular wish, wriggling toward bushes, forming hinged leg-struts, then to depart (leaving a track like the …
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