foi a Alexandra que me trouxe à atenção este facto: a canção Alexandra Leaving de Leonard Cohen é baseada no poema de Kavafis, The God Abandons Antony. o que me recorda que há sempre um poema de Kavafis por perto quando é preciso. ou uma canção que dói.
Suddenly the night has grown colder.
Some deity preparing to depart.
Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder,
they slip between the sentries of your heart.
Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure,
they gain the light, they formlessly entwine;
and radiant beyond your widest measure
they fall among the voices and the wine.
It's not a trick, your senses all deceiving,
a fitful dream the morning will exhaust
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving,
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.
Even though she sleeps upon your satin.
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
Do not say the moment was imagined,
Do not stoop to strategies like this.
As someone long prepared for this to happen,
Go firmly to the window. Drink it in.
Exquisite music, Alexandra laughing.
Your first commitments tangible again.
You who had the honor of her evening,
And by that honor had your own restored
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
Alexandra leaving with her lord.
As someone long prepared for the occasion;
In full command of every plan you wrecked
Do not choose a coward's explanation
that hides behind the cause and the effect,
You who were bewildered by a meaning,
whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.
Leonard Cohen
Etiquetas: drogas duras, Kavafis, música para o dia de hoje, poesia
posted by saturnine | 22:20 |
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