On monsieur's departure

"I grieve and dare not show my discontent,
I love and yet am forced to seem to hate,
I do, yet dare not say I ever meant,
I seem stark mute but inwardly do prate.
I am and not, I freeze and yet am burned,
Since from myself another self I turned

My care is like my shadow in the sun,
Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it,
Stands and lies by me, doth what I have done.
His too familiar care doth make me rue it.
No means I find to rid him from my breast,
Till by the end of things it be supprest.

Some gentler passion slide into my mind,
For I am soft and made of melting snow;
Or be more cruel, love, and so be kind.
Let me or float or sink, be high or low.
Or let me live with some more sweet content,
Or die and so forget what love ere meant."

Am descoperit de curand aceste versuri, scrise de regina Elizabeth I. Mie mi se par absolut superbe. Exprima atat de frumos sentimentele si tulburarile interioare al autoarei, incat este imposibil sa nu il faca pe orice cititor sa simta si el macar un pic din ce a simtit ea atunci cand a scris versurile acestea.

Este si o melodie, ale carei versuri sunt constituite din poemul original, dar modificate astfel incat sa poata fi transpuse in melodie. Cantecul apare si pe coloana sonora a filmului "Elizabeth - The Virgin Queen" si este interpretata de Medieval Baebes. La fel ca si poezia si cantecul are capacitatea de a transmite extrem de bine anumite sentimente.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7qTet2qC8g

P.S.: Cand am facut blog-ul am crezut ca voi scrie in el din an in paste, dar acum, cand nu am timp sa mai postez, mi se pare un pic ciudat... :))

Summoning

Mai demult am descoperit intamplator o formatie geniala cu numele Summoning. Am descarcat mai multe melodii si am ramas profund impresionata. Astazi, tot intamplator, am descoperit o alta melodie a formatiei Summoning. Poate cea mai frumoasa dintre toate cele pe care le-am ascultat pana acum. (cel putin dupa parerea mea).

Summoning - Like some snow-white marble eyes

How countless they congregate
O'er our tumultuous snow
Which flows in shapes as tall as trees
When wintry winds do blow

Upon this star I fixed my eyes
All over the wide wide land
My horse moved on, hoof after hoof
He raised and never stopped again
(When down behind the cottage roof
At once the planet dropped)
As if with keenness for our new fate
Our faltering few steps on
To white rest, and a place of rest
(Invisible at dawn)
And yet with neither love nor hate
Those stars like some snow-white
Morgoth snow-white marble eyes
(Without the gift of sight)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz5j-FV4sg8&NR=1

O piesa care chiar merita ascultata. It just gives a very nice feeling... :)