Venice masks

Sunday, 31 January 2021

I leave thee not - Wolfgang Christoph Dessler

I leave thee not, thou art my Jesus ever,
Though earth rebel,
And death and hell
Would, from its steadfast hold, my faith dissever;

Saturday, 30 January 2021

Long life with peace - Xasan Sheekh Muumin

Long life with peace, long life with peace
Long life with peace, long life with peace

Friday, 29 January 2021

Vivos plango - Putinas

Now I depart. With benedictory grace
A world of silence summons me to go,
I feel the gentle shroud of endless space,
The Night that soothes and softens all our woe.

Thursday, 28 January 2021

In the Circle of the Veranda, 15 - Ivar Ivask

This tiny watch will soon have measured
its century. An heirloom of Father's sister Adelheid.

Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Frozen Jews - Avrom Sutzkever

Did you ever see in fields of snow
Frozen Jews, in row upon row?

Tuesday, 26 January 2021

The Will to Life - Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi

If, one day, the people wills to live
Then fate must obey
Darkness must dissipate
And must the chain give way

Monday, 25 January 2021

Before the Melbourne Reading - Norman Erikson Pasaribu

​You spent
the entire morning
digging
out the online dictionaries

Sunday, 24 January 2021

Infinite Love - Søren Kierkegaard

Thou loving Father, 
everything goes wrong for me
and yet Thou art love. 

Saturday, 23 January 2021

Life is Short - Francisco Gorrindo

Let’s see, boys—I want to be joyful,
I want to be dazed, so I don’t have to think.

Friday, 22 January 2021

The Conversation - Loidology

Come sit here dear,
Come tell me about that gloomy face you wear.
Because the melancholy i can no longer bear.
Let us put all things clear.
Lately you jeer every time i come near,
It seems it is me you fear.