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Giorgio de Chirico

Un mur dénonce un autre mur
Et l’ombre me défend de mon ombre peureuse,
Ô tour de mon amour autour de mon amour,
Tous les murs filaient blanc autour de mon silence.
 
Toi, que défendais-tu ? Ciel insensible et pur
Tremblant tu m’abrutais. La lumière en relief
Sur le ciel qui n’est plus le miroir du soleil,
Les étoiles de jour parmi les feuilles vertes,
 
Le souvenir de ceux qui parlaient sans savoir,
Maîtres de ma faiblesse et je suis à leur place
Avec des yeux d’amour et des mains trop fidèles
Pour dépeupler un monde dont je suis absent.

Giorgio de Chirico ...

A wall denounces another wall
And the shadow defends me from my fearful shadow,
O tower of my love around my love,
All the walls turned white around my silence.

What were you defending? Insensitive and pure sky
Trembling you sheltered me. Light in relief
On the sky which is no longer the mirror of the sun,
The day stars among the green leaves,

The memory of those who spoke without knowing,
Masters of my weakness and I am in their place
With eyes of love and hands too faithful
To depopulate a world from which I am absent.

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Thomas Oboe Lee Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thomas Oboe Lee was born in China in 1945. He lived in São Paulo, Brazil, for six years before coming to the United States in 1966. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, he studied composition at the New England Conservatory and Harvard University. He has been a member of the music faculty at Boston College since 1990. ... more

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