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Nel sole

Posted by Manu Mattos on 12.9.09 in
Nuove parole vorrei inventare,
parole che vorrei trovare quando l’orgoglio mi fa tacere,
quando la notte mi fa pensare.
Un dolce bacio, una tremante carezza
che vorrei cercare, che vorrei scoprire, quando tutto viene a mancare
quando tutto non può finire,
e tutto quello che non sono riuscito a dirti
vorrei lo sentisse sussurrare direttamente il tuo cuore
nell'irreale silenzio
di un bacio


Jo

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A moment of happiness

Posted by Manu Mattos on 6.9.09 in

A moment of happiness,
you and I sitting on the verandah,
apparently two, but one in soul, you and I.
We feel the flowing water of life here,
you and I, with the garden's beauty
and the birds singing.
The stars will be watching us,
and we will show them
what it is to be a thin crescent moon.
You and I unselfed, will be together,
indifferent to idle speculation, you and I.
The parrots of heaven will be cracking sugar
as we laugh together, you and I.
In one form upon this earth,
and in another form in a timeless sweet land.

Rumi

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The little Love-god lying once asleep

Posted by Manu Mattos on 4.9.09 in

Love Sonnet 154

The little Love-god lying once asleep
Laid by his side his heart-inflaming brand,
Whilst many nymphs that vow'd chaste life to keep
Came tripping by; but in her maiden hand
The fairest votary took up that fire
Which many legions of true hearts had warm'd;
And so the general of hot desire
Was sleeping by a virgin hand disarm'd.
This brand she quenched in a cool well by,
Which from Love's fire took heat perpetual,
Growing a bath and healthful remedy
For men diseased; but I, my mistress' thrall,
Came there for cure, and this by that I prove,
Love's fire heats water, water cools not love.

William Shakespeare

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Don't Go Far Off, Not Even For A Day

Posted by Manu Mattos on 2.9.09 in

Don't go far off, not even for a day, because --
because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long
and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station
when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep.

Don't leave me, even for an hour, because
then the little drops of anguish will all run together,
the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.

Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach;
may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance.
Don't leave me for a second, my dearest,

because in that moment you'll have gone so far
I'll wander mazily over all the earth, asking,
Will you come back? Will you leave me here, dying?

Pablo Neruda

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Il cielo in me

Posted by Manu Mattos on 21.8.09 in

Io non devo scordare
che il cielo
fu in me

Tu
eri il cielo in me,
che non parlavi
mai del mio volto, ma solo
quand'io parlavo di Dio
Mi toccavi la fronte
con lievi dita e dicevi:
- Sei più bella così, quando pensi
le cose buone

Tu
eri il cielo in me
che non mi amavi per la mia persona
ma per quel seme
di bene
che dormiva in me.

E se l'angoscia delle cose a un lungo
pianto mi costringeva,
tu con forte dita
mi asciugavi le lacrime e dicevi:
- Come potrai domani esser la mamma
del nostro bimbo, se ora piangi così? -

Tu
eri il cielo in me
Che non mi amavi
per la mia vita
ma per l'altra vita
che poteva destarsi
in me.
Tu
ero il cielo in me
il grand sole che muta
in foglie trasparenti le zolle
chi volle colpirti
vide uscirsi di mano
uccelli
anzi che pietre
- ucelli -
e le lor piume scrivevano nel cielo
vivo il tuo nome
come nei miracoli
antichi.

Io non devo scordare
che il cielo
fu in me.

E quando per le strade - avanti
che sia sera - m'aggiro
ancora voglio
essere una finestra che cammina,
aperta, col suo lembo
di azzuro che la colma.
Ancora voglio
che s'oda a stormo battere il mio cuore
in alto
come un nido di campane.
E che le cose scure della terra
non abbiano potere
altro - su me,
che quello di martelli lievi
a scandere
sulla nudità cerula dell'anima
solo
il tuo nome.

Antonia Pozzi

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I Crave Your Mouth, Your Voice, Your Hair

Posted by Manu Mattos on 17.8.09 in

Don't go far off, not even for a day,
because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long
and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station
when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep.

Don't leave me, even for an hour, because
then the little drops of anguish will all run together,
the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.

Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach;
may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance.
Don't leave me for a second, my dearest,

because in that moment you'll have gone so far
I'll wander mazily over all the earth, asking,
Will you come back? Will you leave me here, dying?

Pablo Neruda

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Vert

Posted by Manu Mattos on 7.8.09 in

Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles et des branches
Et puis voici mon coeur, qui ne bat que pour vous,
Ne le déchirez pas avec vos deux mains blanches,
Et qu'à vos yeux si beaux l'humble présent soit doux.
J'arrive tout couvert encore de rosée
Que le vent du matin vient glacer à mon front.
Souffrez que ma fatique, à vos pieds reposée,
Réve des chers instants qui la délasseront.
Sur votre jeune sein laissez rouler ma tête
Toute sonore encor de vos derniers baisers;
Laissez-la s'apaiser de la bonne tempête,
Et que je dorme un peu puisque vous reposez.


Paul Verlaine

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