Tag: Oscar Wilde

Due canzoni per ricordare Jeanne Moreau (23 gennaio 1928 – 31 luglio 2017). Una terza si trova qui.

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Each man kills the thing he loves, dalla colonna sonora del film Querelle de Brest (Querelle, 1982) di Rainer Werner Fassbinder; musica di Peer Raben, testo di Oscar Wilde (da The Ballad of Reading Gaol, 1897).

Each man kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!

Some kill their love when they are young,
And some when they are old;
Some strangle with the hands of Lust,
Some with the hands of Gold:
The kindest use a knife, because
The dead so soon grow cold.

Some love too little, some too long,
Some sell, and others buy;
Some do the deed with many tears,
And some without a sigh:
For each man kills the thing he loves,
Yet each man does not die.

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India Song, musica di Carlos D’Alessio, testo di Marguerite Duras; dalla colonna sonora del film omonimo, diretto da Duras nel 1975.

Chanson,
Toi qui ne veux rien dire,
Toi qui me parles d’elle
Et toi qui me dis tout.
Ô, toi,
Que nous dansions ensemble,
Toi qui me parlais d’elle,
D’elle qui te chantait,
Toi qui me parlais d’elle,
De son nom oublié,
De son corps, de mon corps,
De cet amour là,
De cet amour mort.
Chanson,
De ma terre lointaine,
Toi qui parleras d’elle,
Maintenant disparue,
Toi qui me parles d’elle,
De son corps effacé,
De ses nuits, de nos nuits,
De ce désir là,
De ce désir mort.
Chanson,
Toi qui ne veux rien dire,
Toi qui me parles d’elle,
Et toi qui me dis tout,
Et toi qui me dis tout.