Venice masks

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Fertile Eyes - Paul Éluard

Fertile Eyes
No one can know me more
More than you know me

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Ballad of the Moon - Federico Garcia Lorca

The moon came to the forge
wearing a bustle of Spikenards.

Monday, 19 March 2012

The Panther - Rainer Maria Rilke

His gaze has been so worn by the procession
Of bars that it no longer makes a bond.
Around, a thousand bars seem to be flashing,
And in their flashing show no world beyond.

Sunday, 18 March 2012

The Mother - Robert Service

There will be a singing in your heart,
There will be a rapture in your eyes;
You will be a woman set apart,
You will be so wonderful and wise.
You will sleep, and when from dreams you start,
As of one that wakes in Paradise,
There will be a singing in your heart,
There will be a rapture in your eyes.

Saturday, 17 March 2012

Down Zhonghan Mountain to the Pillow and Bowl of Husi - Li Bai

Down the blue mountain in the evening,
Moonlight was my homeward escort.

Friday, 16 March 2012

Thursday, 15 March 2012

How Noisy They Seem - Alootook Ipellie

I saw a picture today, in the pages of a book.
It spoke of many memories of when I was still a child:
Snow covered the ground,
And the rocky hills were cold and gray with frost.
The sun was shining from the west,
And the shadows were dark against the whiteness of the hardened snow.

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Song of the Pines - Po Chü-i

I like sitting alone when the moon is shining,
And there are two pines standing before the verandah;

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Monday, 12 March 2012

To The Young - Adam Asnyk

The brightening flame of truth pursue,
Seek to discover ways no human knows.
With every secret now revealed to you,
The soul of man expands within the new.
And God still bigger grows!