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| Leon Bakst - Portrait of Gippius (poetress symbolist) - 1906 |
LIGHT..............
Moans,
Moans,
Exhausted,
Abyssmal,
Long-ringing
Funereal,
Moans,
Moans,
Bitterness,
Bitterness at the Father,
Sorry, gangrenous, feverish,
Thirst for the end,
Bitterness,
Bitterness,
The tourniquet tighter, tighter,
The path winding, winding,
All the time slighter, slighter,
The clouds gloomier,
Horror demolishes the soul,
The knot strangles,
The knot tighter, tighter, tighter,
Dear Lord, Dear Lord -- No!
Prophetically my heart avers!
My God, please no!
We are under your wing.
Horror. And moans. And darkness. And above them
Your never-diminishing light.
Moans,
Moans,
Exhausted,
Abyssmal,
Long-ringing
Funereal,
Moans,
Moans,
Bitterness,
Bitterness at the Father,
Sorry, gangrenous, feverish,
Thirst for the end,
Bitterness,
Bitterness,
The tourniquet tighter, tighter,
The path winding, winding,
All the time slighter, slighter,
The clouds gloomier,
Horror demolishes the soul,
The knot strangles,
The knot tighter, tighter, tighter,
Dear Lord, Dear Lord -- No!
Prophetically my heart avers!
My God, please no!
We are under your wing.
Horror. And moans. And darkness. And above them
Your never-diminishing light.
Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius - 1915
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| Helene Schjerfbeck |
Soundtrack: Zinaida Gippius "The Light" - "CBET"
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