Se avessi il drappo ricamato del cielo,
intessuto dell’oro e dell’argento e della luce,
i drappi dai colori chiari e scuri
del giorno e della notte
dai mezzi colori dell’alba e del tramonto,
stenderei quei drappi sotto i tuoi piedi:
invece, essendo povero, ho soltanto sogni;
e i miei sogni ho steso sotto i tuoi piedi;
cammina leggera perché
cammini sopra i miei sogni.
giovedì 28 aprile 2016
William Butler Yeats “Un mantello” (14/02/2016 ore 23:09)
Feci al mio canto un mantello
coperto coi ricami delle antiche
mitologie, dai piedi fino al collo;
ma gli sciocchi
lo presero per loro, lo indossarono
davanti agli occhi del mondo
quasi che loro l’avessero cucito.
Canzone, lascia pure
che se lo tengano, perchè
ci vuole più coraggio a camminare nudi.
coperto coi ricami delle antiche
mitologie, dai piedi fino al collo;
ma gli sciocchi
lo presero per loro, lo indossarono
davanti agli occhi del mondo
quasi che loro l’avessero cucito.
Canzone, lascia pure
che se lo tengano, perchè
ci vuole più coraggio a camminare nudi.
Un mantello
Ho fatto al mio canto un mantello
ricoperto di ricami
tratti da antiche mitologie
dal tallone alla gola;
ma gli schiocchi lo hanno preso,
indossato al cospetto del mondo
come se l'avessero lavorato loro.
O canto, lascia che lo tengano,
perché vi è più intraprendenza
a camminare nudi.
- See more at: http://www.yeatsreborn.eu/translations/un-mantello-0#sthash.rvUPEE3O.dpuf
Ho fatto al mio canto un mantello
ricoperto di ricami
tratti da antiche mitologie
dal tallone alla gola;
ma gli schiocchi lo hanno preso,
indossato al cospetto del mondo
come se l'avessero lavorato loro.
O canto, lascia che lo tengano,
perché vi è più intraprendenza
a camminare nudi.
- See more at: http://www.yeatsreborn.eu/translations/un-mantello-0#sthash.rvUPEE3O.dpuf
Un mantello
Ho fatto al mio canto un mantello
ricoperto di ricami
tratti da antiche mitologie
dal tallone alla gola;
ma gli schiocchi lo hanno preso,
indossato al cospetto del mondo
come se l'avessero lavorato loro.
O canto, lascia che lo tengano,
perché vi è più intraprendenza
a camminare nudi.
- See more at: http://www.yeatsreborn.eu/translations/un-mantello-0#sthash.rvUPEE3O.dpuf
Ho fatto al mio canto un mantello
ricoperto di ricami
tratti da antiche mitologie
dal tallone alla gola;
ma gli schiocchi lo hanno preso,
indossato al cospetto del mondo
come se l'avessero lavorato loro.
O canto, lascia che lo tengano,
perché vi è più intraprendenza
a camminare nudi.
- See more at: http://www.yeatsreborn.eu/translations/un-mantello-0#sthash.rvUPEE3O.dpuf
Un mantello
Ho fatto al mio canto un mantello
ricoperto di ricami
tratti da antiche mitologie
dal tallone alla gola;
ma gli schiocchi lo hanno preso,
indossato al cospetto del mondo
come se l'avessero lavorato loro.
O canto, lascia che lo tengano,
perché vi è più intraprendenza
a camminare nudi.
- See more at: http://www.yeatsreborn.eu/translations/un-mantello-0#sthash.rvUPEE3O.dpuf
Ho fatto al mio canto un mantello
ricoperto di ricami
tratti da antiche mitologie
dal tallone alla gola;
ma gli schiocchi lo hanno preso,
indossato al cospetto del mondo
come se l'avessero lavorato loro.
O canto, lascia che lo tengano,
perché vi è più intraprendenza
a camminare nudi.
- See more at: http://www.yeatsreborn.eu/translations/un-mantello-0#sthash.rvUPEE3O.dpuf
Walt Whitman (14/02/2016 ore 23:04)
Oramai che il fulgore del giorno è partito,
la nera notte, cupa rivela ai miei occhi le stelle;
dopo il maestoso clangore dell’organo, dopo il coro, la banda perfetta,
silente per l’anima mia dilaga la musica vera.
(hai idea di quanto sarebbe giusto se ora ti abbracciassi?)
la nera notte, cupa rivela ai miei occhi le stelle;
dopo il maestoso clangore dell’organo, dopo il coro, la banda perfetta,
silente per l’anima mia dilaga la musica vera.
(hai idea di quanto sarebbe giusto se ora ti abbracciassi?)
iron #2 (09/02/2016 ore 20:16)
"Why?"
Why do the babies starve
When there's enough food to feed the world
Why when there're so many of us
Are there people still alone
Why are the missiles called peace keepers
When they're aimed to kill
Why is a woman still not safe
When she's in her home
Love is hate
War is peace
No is yes
And we're all free
But somebody's gonna have to answer
The time is coming soon
Admidst all these questions and contradictions
There're some who seek the truth
But somebody's gonna have to answer
The time is coming soon
When the blind remove their blinders
And the speechless speak the truth
When there's enough food to feed the world
Why when there're so many of us
Are there people still alone
Why are the missiles called peace keepers
When they're aimed to kill
Why is a woman still not safe
When she's in her home
Love is hate
War is peace
No is yes
And we're all free
But somebody's gonna have to answer
The time is coming soon
Admidst all these questions and contradictions
There're some who seek the truth
But somebody's gonna have to answer
The time is coming soon
When the blind remove their blinders
And the speechless speak the truth
Iron #1 (09/02/2016 ore 20:02)
Don't you know
They're talkin' 'bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Don't you know
They're talkin' about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion
They're talkin' 'bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Don't you know
They're talkin' about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion
Don't you know
They're talkin' 'bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Poor people gonna rise up
And get their share
Poor people gonna rise up
And take what's theirs
They're talkin' 'bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Poor people gonna rise up
And get their share
Poor people gonna rise up
And take what's theirs
Don't you know
You better run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Oh I said you better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
You better run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Oh I said you better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
'Cause finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' bout a revolution
Yes, finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' bout a revolution, oh no
Talkin' bout a revolution, oh
While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion
Talkin' bout a revolution
Yes, finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' bout a revolution, oh no
Talkin' bout a revolution, oh
While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion
Ti sto solo dicendo cose belle per ricambiare le cose belle che porti nella mia vita. (07/02/2016 ore 22:31)
"Someday We'll Know"
90 miles outside Chicago
Can't stop driving
I don't know why
So many questions
I need an answer
Two years later, you're still on my mind
Whatever happened to Emilia Earhart
Who holds the stars up in the sky
Is true love once in a lifetime
Did the captain of the Titanic cry
Someday we'll know
If love can move a mountain
Someday we'll know
Why the sky is blue
Someday we'll know
Why I wasn't meant for you
Does anybody know the way to Atlantis
Or what the wind says when she cries
I'm speeding by the place where I met you
For the 97th time tonight
[chorus]
Someday we'll know
Why Samson loved Delilah
One day I'll go
Dancing on the moon
Someday you'll know
That I was the one for you
I bought a ticket to the end of the rainbow
I watched the stars crash in the sea
If I could ask God just one question
Why aren't you here with me?
[chorus]
([Post Script:] seeing you in February was great
cliches eventually all come true "time heals all
wounds" I went to get us our ninth drink
and you ran out the door with another guy
I woke up on the floor with my shoes on
A smile on my face and I don't even care)
Can't stop driving
I don't know why
So many questions
I need an answer
Two years later, you're still on my mind
Whatever happened to Emilia Earhart
Who holds the stars up in the sky
Is true love once in a lifetime
Did the captain of the Titanic cry
Someday we'll know
If love can move a mountain
Someday we'll know
Why the sky is blue
Someday we'll know
Why I wasn't meant for you
Does anybody know the way to Atlantis
Or what the wind says when she cries
I'm speeding by the place where I met you
For the 97th time tonight
[chorus]
Someday we'll know
Why Samson loved Delilah
One day I'll go
Dancing on the moon
Someday you'll know
That I was the one for you
I bought a ticket to the end of the rainbow
I watched the stars crash in the sea
If I could ask God just one question
Why aren't you here with me?
[chorus]
([Post Script:] seeing you in February was great
cliches eventually all come true "time heals all
wounds" I went to get us our ninth drink
and you ran out the door with another guy
I woke up on the floor with my shoes on
A smile on my face and I don't even care)
(Questa perché "Sto guidando davanti al posto dove ci
siamo conosciuti per la novantasettesima volta... stasera." e per "Se
potessi fare a Dio una sola domanda, gli chiederei perché non sei qui
con me stasera.")
E' un uomo che ha avuto una vita difficile. (07/02/2016 ore 22:21)
Once I thought I saw you
in a crowded hazy bar,
Dancing on the light
from star to star.
Far across the moonbeam
I know that's who you are,
I saw your brown eyes
turning once to fire.
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.
I am just a dreamer,
but you are just a dream,
You could have been
anyone to me.
Before that moment
you touched my lips
That perfect feeling
when time just slips
Away between us
on our foggy trip.
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.
You are just a dreamer,
and I am just a dream.
You could have been
anyone to me.
Before that moment
you touched my lips
That perfect feeling
when time just slips
Away between us
on our foggy trip.
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.
in a crowded hazy bar,
Dancing on the light
from star to star.
Far across the moonbeam
I know that's who you are,
I saw your brown eyes
turning once to fire.
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.
I am just a dreamer,
but you are just a dream,
You could have been
anyone to me.
Before that moment
you touched my lips
That perfect feeling
when time just slips
Away between us
on our foggy trip.
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.
You are just a dreamer,
and I am just a dream.
You could have been
anyone to me.
Before that moment
you touched my lips
That perfect feeling
when time just slips
Away between us
on our foggy trip.
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.
(Questa perché sei emozioni forti. E preferisco la versione unplugged, anyway.)
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