Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665 There exists a carved mouth. The face of an angel, luminous and obscure. An opulent, pallid creature. By the teeth of pearl, by their fleeting imprint, it exists: his smile. Aerial, dubious, clear. An inexpressible demonstration of light. (Transl. by W. Chambliss) Esiste una bocca scolpita, …
Tiziano Vecellio (Titian), Woman with a Mirror, c. 1515 I’m beautiful again and this may be my last autumn. More beautiful than when he admired me under the sun, beautiful and idle to his absent eyes – like a leaf made of shadow. But some nights, into silence that no longer upsets tears, I feel …
Sibilla Aleramo – Sono tornata bella / I’m beautiful again Read More »
Giovanni Segantini, Vanity, 1897 No one brushes my hair as well as the wind. Nessuno mi pettina bene come il vento. Go back to album – Alda Merini
Pietro Antonio Rotari (1707-1762), A girl wearing pearl drop earrings and a black lace choker She wasn’t foolish. She knew what she wanted. But she wanted the impossible. E non era una stupida, sapeva quel che voleva. Solamente voleva delle cose impossibili. Do you know a different English translation? Please contact me, this is a …
Cesare Pavese – She wasn’t foolish / E non era una stupida Read More »
Piero di Cosimo, Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as Cleopatra, c. 1480 Your unrest reminds me of those great birds of passage who brain themselves against beacons during evening storms: your sweetness itself is a storm whirling invisibly and its calms are even rarer. I don’t know how you manage, exhausted, in your heart’s great lake …
Wilhelm Gallhof, The coral chain, 1910 Non ho chiuso le tendine, guarda dritto nella stanza. Perchè non puoi fuggire oggi sono così allegra. Dimmi pure svergognata, scagliami i tuoi sarcasmi: sono stata la tua insonnia, la tua angoscia sono stata. Do you know this poem in English? Please contact me Go back to album – …
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