Bright Star

 

Estrela brilhante, fosse eu como tu és constante -

Não em solitário esplendor no alto do céu pendurado

E com as eternas pálpebras abertas vigilante,

Como um eremita da natureza paciente e acordado,

 

As águas movendo-se em sua tarefa sacerdotal

De pura ablução nas praias da terra inteira

Ou observar a máscara virginal

da neve sobre cada charneca e cordilheira -

 

Não - apesar de ainda constante, imutável ainda,

Acomodado sobre o seio maduro da minha amada linda,

Sentir para sempre seu suave subir e descer,

 

Despertar para sempre em doce desassossego,

Ainda, ainda ouvir seu delicado ofego,

E viver para sempre - ou então na morte desfalecer.

 

John Keats  (1795-1821)

 

Tradução de Alex Raymundo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quando Deus fez as flores, uma espécie tinha alma de bailarina. Então Deus deu-lhe liberdade e o nome de Borboleta.

 

Linda Almeida

 

Melva Cornell – Dançarina, modella e attrice americana. (1904- 1960)

Foto de Melva Cornell em 1930, foi irada por Witzel. (Impressionante a sua beleza atemporal)

 

 

Biography

 

Daughter of Thomas F Cornell & Mabel Eaton. They worked in the wardrobe department of The American Film Company, which was based in Santa Barbara. Melva wanted to become an actress and started working for the company as an extra in 1916. She did some stage acting on Broadway. She acted in The Devil's Circus and Movietone Follies of 1929 (a lost film).

Melva attended Hollywood High School and was a classmate of Myrna Loy (whom she remained friends) and danced with her in the Fanchon and Marco Revue.

She had one child, a boy named Cornell, but sadly he died from leukemia at age 6. After both her husband Marc and her son died, Melva worked for the publicity department at 20th Century Fox.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Anca Bulgaru Artist

 

 

 

 

 

Podrá nublarse el sol eternamente, podrá secarse por un instante el mar, podrá romperse el eje de la tierra como un débil cristal...Todo sucederá! Podrá la muerte cubrirme con su fúnebre crespón, pero jamás podrá apagarse en mi la llama de tu amor.

 

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, poeta espanhol (1836-1870).

 

 

 

 

 ‘It’s Just Today’


I'll be alright tomorrow, it's just today
Oh today I just can't seem to find my way
And I'm thinking things will all come right again
Oh I'll be alright tomorrow, it's just today
The sun left town to hide behind the clouds
And I ain't gonna cry no more, cos I'm too proud
Somebody hold my hand and take the sway
Cos I'll be alright tomorrow, it's just today
Yeah I been strong enough, far too long enough
And I know it won't be too long 'til I'm ok
Gonna be hard enough, gonna be tough enough
I'll get down on my knees, Lord I gotta pray
Yeah I had my share of happiness and joy
Seen the bridges that I built, oh Lord in time destroyed
One small trick of fate, hey and then you pay, yeah
So I'll be alright tomorrow, it's just today
You can win the fight and lose all that you own, yeah
And love, the humble teacher, she gonna cut you to the bone
The lost and lonely, the broken and betrayed
We all gonna be alright tomorrow, it's just today
Yeah I been strong enough, far too long enough
I know it won't be too long 'til I'm ok
Gonna be hard enough, gonna be tough enough
I'll get down on my knees, Lord I gotta pray, yeah
Today old memories bring the pain of tears
And nothing gonna be right when I think of all those years
When my heart beat, beat with the love of yesterday
Oh I'll be alright tomorrow, it's just today
Yeah I been strong enough, far too long enough
I know it won't be too long 'til I'm ok
Gonna be hard enough, gonna be tough enough
I'll get down on my knees, Lord I gotta pray
I been strong enough, far too long enough
I know it won't be too long 'til I'm ok
Gonna be hard enough, gonna be tough enough
I'll get down on my knees, Lord, Lord I gotta pray
Lord I gotta pray, yeah, I’m gonna pray, gonna pray


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