De Italiaanse filmregisseur, dichter en schrijver Pier Paolo Pasolini werd geboren in Bologna op 5 maart 1922. Zie ook alle tags voor Pier Paolo Pasolini op dit blog.
Uit: Seven Poems for Ninetto
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When you have been in pain for so long
and for so many months it has been the same, you resist it,
but it remains a reality in which you are caught.
It is a reality that wants only to see me dead.
And yet I do not die. I am like someone who is nauseous
and does not vomit, who does not surrender
despite the pressure of Authority. Yet, Sir,
I, like the entire world, agree with you.
It is better that we are kept at a far distance.
Instead of dying I will write to you.
In this way, I preserve intact my critique
of your hypocritical way of life,
which has been my sole joy in the world.
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After much weeping, in secret
and in front of you, after having staged
many acts of desperation, you made
the final decision to surrender
and never to be seen again. I am done.
I have acted like a madman. I will not let the water run
from the source of my evil and my good:
these pacts between men are not for you or perhaps
you’re too skilled in the art of breaking them,
guided by a Genie that gives you certainty
by which you are transfigured. You
know the right button to push.
When I speak you tell me “no”
and I tremble with disgust and fury
at the thought of our unforgettable happy hours.
Pier Paolo Pasolini (5 maart 1922 – 2 november 1975
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