Adrian Ludwig Richter, Crossing the Elbe at Aussig, 1837 The time is mute along motionless reeds… Far-off from landings wandered a canoe… Exhausted and inert the oarsman… Skies already fallen into gulfs of smoke… Outstretched in vain on the rim of memories, to fall perhaps was mercy… He knew not it is the same illusion …
Giuseppe Ungaretti – Il Tempo è Muto / The Time is Mute Read More »
Alphonse Osbert, The muse at sunrise, 1918 Lingering neath the wave no more dawn reclaims herself. In silvery flight all wisp of cloud her gentle hint inflames. The haystacks are crackling. But round the lake the alder ere betrays its bark, day has broken. Between sleep and vigil the dream was but a breath. (Transl. …
Justyna Kopania, Hot summer rain Con le piogge non potròbagnarmi nel fiume, amante,perché va il corpo dell’acquaferito e avvolto in sangue. Do you know this poem in English? Please contact me Go back to album – Various
Alice Pike Barney, Waterlily (Ophelia), c. 1909 Tessendo l’aria con le narici da fitta matassa una tela di versi tesseva Achmatova. Comprimendo i polmoni li liberava dai lacci in un diluvio balbettante Cvetaeva. Accoppiandosi ai lessemi nella carezza della rusalka nuotava e affondava per sempre Pavlova. Do you know this poem in English? Please contact …
Vincent Sellaer, Leda and the Swan, c. 1550 With its yellow pearsand wild roses everywherethe shore hangs into the lake,o gracious swans,and drunk with kissesyou dip your headsin the sobering holy water.Ah, where will I findflowers, come winter,and where the sunshineand shade of the earth ?Walls stand coldand speechless, in the windthe wheathervanes creak. Tra …
Friedrich Holderlin – A metà della vita / Half Of Life Read More »
Isaac Levitan, Waterlilies, 1895 We stood by a pond that winter day,and the sun was white, as though chidden of God,and a few leaves lay on the starving sod;– They had fallen from an ash, and were gray.Your eyes on me were as eyes that roveover tedious riddles of years ago;and some words played between …
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