Poem
Silvia Bre
You have always known
You have always knownthat a moment will come
– it’s lurking here already, it’s below, it’s inside –
when disorder will have won
unconditionally
without a single survivor
an abc, a whatsoever general
ground, a single gesture.
But maybe even things as they are
have an order
so vast
it overflows the frame
as never to enter
anyone’s mind
so the ultimate real fits
with pure abstraction
like at night
when being and not being
anything
are the same.
You have always known
Lo si sa sempre
che verrà un momento
– è già qui in agguato è sotto è dentro –
in cui il disordine l’avrà avuta
vinta a tutto campo
senza neanche un superstite
un abc, un qualunque fondamento
generale, un solo gesto.
Ma forse anche le cose come stanno
hanno un ordine
tanto piú vasto
da uscire dall’inquadratura
da non entrare mai
in nessuna mente
cosí il massimo di reale combacia
con l’astrazione pura
come quando la notte
essere e non essere
niente
si equivalgono.
che verrà un momento
– è già qui in agguato è sotto è dentro –
in cui il disordine l’avrà avuta
vinta a tutto campo
senza neanche un superstite
un abc, un qualunque fondamento
generale, un solo gesto.
Ma forse anche le cose come stanno
hanno un ordine
tanto piú vasto
da uscire dall’inquadratura
da non entrare mai
in nessuna mente
cosí il massimo di reale combacia
con l’astrazione pura
come quando la notte
essere e non essere
niente
si equivalgono.
From: La fine di quest\'arte
Publisher: Einaudi, Torino
Publisher: Einaudi, Torino
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You have always known
You have always knownthat a moment will come
– it’s lurking here already, it’s below, it’s inside –
when disorder will have won
unconditionally
without a single survivor
an abc, a whatsoever general
ground, a single gesture.
But maybe even things as they are
have an order
so vast
it overflows the frame
as never to enter
anyone’s mind
so the ultimate real fits
with pure abstraction
like at night
when being and not being
anything
are the same.
From: La fine di quest\'arte
You have always known
You have always knownthat a moment will come
– it’s lurking here already, it’s below, it’s inside –
when disorder will have won
unconditionally
without a single survivor
an abc, a whatsoever general
ground, a single gesture.
But maybe even things as they are
have an order
so vast
it overflows the frame
as never to enter
anyone’s mind
so the ultimate real fits
with pure abstraction
like at night
when being and not being
anything
are the same.
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