Utagawa Hiroshige, Moonlight View of Tsukuda with Lady on a Balcony, 1850 Sit in front of the windowlook, but accept desperation:there is truth in the moon that shinesthough it does not rise shield-like against painit translates itself –as I have just translated from the open facing the wall –it simply links the desk to thoughtin …
Edward Hopper, Cape Cod Morning, 1950 Una casa deserta che io amo,a due ore da qui,mi serve di conforto.Sulle sue tegole rosate dall’erbala luna si estenua,si addormenta il sole del tempo.Tra le sue mura il silenzio esisteche ora io immagino– sognando di vivereuna seconda infanzia prolungatafino all’ esaurimentodella carne, felice.Mi affaccerò silenzioso a vedere il …
Sergey A. Tutunov, Twilight, 1972 Being apart and lonely is like rain. It climbs toward evening from the ocean plains; from flat places, rolling and remote, it climbs to heaven, which is its old abode. And only when leaving heaven drops upon the city. It rains down on us in those twittering hours when the …
Leon Spilliaert, Young woman on a stool, 1909 I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse perhaps to be locked in. Ho pensato a quanto spiacevole sia essere chiusi fuori;e ho pensato a quanto sia peggio essere chiusi dentro. Go back to album – Aphorisms
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Gust of wind, 1895 Una notte vicino alla sua casa e dal balcone aperto nella mite notte del Sud, la donna che m’apparve golosa di risucchio come un’acqua gelata. E non avrà mai volto, sale la gola chiara, scende al buio degli occhi avidamente salda. A bocca aperta nella pioggia, un nero grappolo …
Vincenzo Irolli, On the terrace, c. 1935 I write you from the terrace – I stay here longer tonight – to look at the garden under the September sun, to eat bread with oil and small basil leaves. I write you less proud than you’d like – I’m a strong woman, I know but I …
Vivian Lamarque – Lettera dal balcone / Letter from the terrace Read More »
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