Gustave Courbet, Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine, 1857 Evening: saddened light, slow bells ebbing away. Don’t speak words to me; love of sound is silent in me, and the hour is mine as in the time of communion with air and trees. Flavours descending from the heavens in lunar water, houses sleeping …
Witold Pruszkowski, Falling star, 1884 Sailing as a shadow in a dozing day, unknowingly I identify myself as disposed on an altarpiece among many to be eaten by whoever. I believe hell is enlightened by those strange lights themselves. They want to feed on my pain because theirs, perhaps, never falls asleep. (Transl. by D. …
Alda Merini – Veleggio come un’ombra / Sailing as a shadow Read More »
Emma Sandys, Pleasant dreams, 1876 I want to live sleeping amid the sweet noise of life. (Transl. by Livio Loi) Io vivere vorrei addormentato entro il dolce rumore della vita. Go back to album – S. Penna
Pablo Picasso, Sleeping man and sitting woman, 1943 Scordiamo le parole, le parole: quelle tenere, dure, capricciose, quelle dolci di miele, quelle oscene, quelle di febbre e fame, le assetate. Lasciamo che il silenzio dia senso al pulsar del mio sangue nel tuo ventre: che parola o discorso può mai dire amare nella lingua del …
Utagawa Hiroshige, Kameido in the snow, c. 1834 I would like to imitate this village, stretched out in its snowy night-shirt. Vorrei imitare questo paese adagiato nel suo camice di neve. Go back to album – G. Ungaretti
Lelio Orsi, Leda and the swan, c. 1560 Sleep is a long parting from you. I’m going to leave you. I embrace you one last time: this is called opening my eyes. The world is going to outdo itself today. See: it has already killed my dreams. I sense you escaping lightly from the dawn, …
Pedro Salinas – Il sonno è un lungo commiato da te / Sleep is a long parting from you Read More »
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