Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Blowin’ in the Wind

Arctoa de gente comam tibi, Lesbia, misi,
ut scires, quanto sit tua flava magis.

I send you this tress, Lesbia, from the northern regions,
That you may know how much lighter your own is.

Da una gente del Nord, o Lesbia, una treccia ti mando,
perché tu veda quanto sia più bionda la tua.

Martial, Epigrams, Book 5, LXVIII
English translation by Henry George Bohn
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini

Paul Klee, Lady Inclining Her Head, 1919. Credit: The Met.

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