Day: April 27, 2009

Poetry

April 27 – After dark by Bolesław Leśmian

The lip is the lip’s friend, the hand the hand’s
Lying next each other each one understands
To whom he belongs – each one of the buried dead.
Unwillingly the night goes overhead;
The earth asserts itself, but hesitantly ;
And leaflessly the leaves move on a tree.
God stirs the wind and space: but He is high
Above the forest’s distant forest sigh.
The wind says this to space:
“I’ll not be back
Across this forest while the night shines black.”
Still darkness thickens, pierced by small starlight.
The seagulls flying over the sea are white.
One says : “I’ve heard the fate of stars foretold.”
The next: “I’ve watched the heavens themselves unfold.”
The third is silent, but because it knew
Two bodies, glowing in the darkness, who
Wove darkness into their embrace: it found
Them made of the caress in which they wound.

Translated by Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer

couple-embrace-tenderly

Wiedzą ciała, do kogo należą,
Gdy po ciemku obok siebie leżą!
Warga-wardze, a dłoń dłoni sprzyja-
Noc nad nimi niechetnie przemija.
Świat się trwali, ale tak niepewnie!…
Drzewa szumią, ale pozadrzewnie!…
A nad borem, nad dalekim borem
Bóg porusza wichrem i przestworem.
I powiada wicher do przestworu:
“Już nie wrócę tej nocy do boru!”-
Bór się mroczy, a gwiazdy weń świecą,
A nad morzem białe mewy lecą.
Jedna mówi:”Widziałam gwiazd losy!”
Druga mówi:”Widziałam niebiosy!”-
A ta trzecia milczy, bo widziała
Dwa po ciemku pałające ciała…
mrok, co wsnuł się w ich ściśliwe sploty,
Nic nie znalazł w ciałach, prócz pieszczoty!

LifeStream

Daily Digest for April 27th

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New blog post: Daily Digest for April 26th https://www.konicki.com/2009/04/26/daily-digest-for-april-26th/ [#]
5:00pm via Twitter
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At my son’s baseball game. They came from behind Saturday (7-1) to win (10-7). Let’s see what happens. [#]
2:55pm via Twitter
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National Anthem, check. [#]
3:03pm via Twitter
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Remembering my swine flu shots, winter of 1976. Think they’re still good? [#]
3:05pm via Twitter
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Top of 2nd, up 1-0 [#]
3:19pm via Twitter
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3rd as a disaster, still down… [#]
4:25pm via Twitter
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Thought it was getting better, but it isn’t so. Looks like a blow out [#]
4:37pm via Twitter