joi, 27 septembrie 2012

Madadayo, Akira Kurosawa

"Medicine can cure numerous illnesses
But no medicine can cure a fool
Foolishness is in heaps today
Japan is blooming with fools now
Suffer defeat, held under occupation
But fools call it the end of the war
Right about!
Advocating democracy loud and clear
Only crooks throw their weight about
Bribery and corruption currently pass with impunity
Brazen fair and square
Scandals, paradise, a doodlebug trap
Those haughty fools never learn
Chirp and twitter all in unison
Chirp, chirp, twitter, twitter
The end."

luni, 24 septembrie 2012

Borromini's Staircase

The Barberini palace is one of the few quiet places in Rome. That night I was climbing the same staircase in a milky white dream.