Night

Emily Bronte – Non so come scenda su di me / I Know Not How It Falls on Me

Gabriel Ferrier, Evening, 1911 I know not how it falls on me,this summer evening, hushed and lone;yet the faint wind comes soothinglywith something of an olden tone.Forgive me if I’ve shunned so longyour gentle greeting, earth and air!But sorrow withers even the strong,and who can fight against despair? Non so come scenda su di mela …

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Fernando Pessoa – Per essere grande, sii intero / To be great, be whole

Rob Gonsalves, Over the moon, 2016 To be great, be whole;exclude nothing, exaggerate nothing that is not you.Be whole in everything. Put all you areinto the smallest thing you do.So, in each lake, the moon shines with splendorbecause it blooms up above. Per essere grande, sii intero: non esagerare.Non escludere niente di te.Sii tutto in …

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Umberto Saba – Sfuma il turchino

Renè Magritte, L’acte de foi, 1960 Sfuma il turchino in un azzurro tutto stelle. Io siedo alla finestra e guardo. Guardo e ascolto; però che in questo è tutta la mia forza: guardare ed ascoltare. Do you know this poem in English? Please contact me Go back to album – U. Saba

Anna Akhmatova – Dedica / Dedication

Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé (1874-1939), March night, Russia Mountains fall before this grief, A mighty river stops its flow, But prison doors stay firmly bolted Shutting off the convict burrows And an anguish close to death. Fresh winds softly blow for someone, Gentle sunsets warm them through; we don’t know this, We are everywhere the same, …

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