The Lovers’ Chronicle 9 October – with you – birth of Giuseppe Verdi – art by Nicholas Roerich & Simeon Solomon

09 October 2023 By Rhett 0 In Love, Random, Songs

Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag dedicated to his muse. Who do you feel safe with? Who feels safe with you? Rhett

The Lovers’ Chronicle

Dear Muse,

one day, you,

appeared,

and ever since,

in wonder

i lived through verse,

a pulse, mysterious

in constant search

and i found this truth,

and all i have to offer

i know how to feel

how to tune in

to the depths

of emotions

now this,

with you

shall we have it all

everything spent,

reason, pride,

up to the tears

so look forward to this

creative flow unabated

honest self expression

trust tellin’ you things

i have never told

we cannot stop ourselves

i shall be here awaitin’

the paths we travel

to find and feel

safe in us

then one day,
there you were
like magic

or was it
luck or fate

whichever,
does not matter
just glad you appeared

i was already
well into forgettin’
how to feel by then

you know how Leonard wrote,
“there is a crack in everything,
that is how the light gets in”

well, nailed the cracked part
but it had been a long time
since i had been anywhere
near any light

until that day

have you ever spent
everything,
reason, your pride,
all of your tears

“Did you know
I so look forward
to your notes?
Here is a new favorite
song line;
‘we didn’t want
to stop ourselves’.”

good, cuz i love sendin’ ’em

and love the song line,

cuz we did not

i just finished writin’,

safe with you

“Your self expression
is unabated and honest.
There are many thoughts
that I stop mid stream.”

you know your thoughts
are safe with me
“In all things
I feel safe with you.”

Safe with You

Muse, Song line of the day from the song Per Amore, as sung by Andrea Bocelli –

Per amore,
hai mai speso tutto quanto,
la ragione,
il tuo orgoglio fino al pianto?

For love,
have you ever spent everything,
reason,
your pride, up to the tears?

A conversation…

Mac, did you know that i so look forward to your notes? seem to be craving a Bellini !!! new favorite line from a song – ” …. we didn’t want to stop ourselves …” from Body Surge by The Great Fiction

Muse

Muse, Oh thank heavens because I so enjoy sendin’ ’em. And the creative flow continues unabated. I jotted notes yesterday on what will become, “She’s Not You.” I will have one of those Bellinis if you please! Love the song line. I shall be here ever patiently awaitin’ your return.

Mac Tag

Mac, whoa!! somebody’s creativity and self expression are unabated and honest. you are brave my Mac! there are many thoughts that I stop mid stream.

you don’t seem to be saddled with self censorship!

Muse

Muse, Well, I trust you. I have told you things I have never told anyone. I am realizin’ that there is a rich vein of material to be mined from my trials and tribulations. I must take advantage of that.
Mac Tag

Mac, the paths we travel to find, and keep, happiness! by the way, you inspired me to start reading for fun again. Two pages a day is the goal. Lady Chatterly’s Lover is my current choice.

Muse

Muse, I feel honored! Great choice to start with! I was thinkin’ about your self censorship comment: You know your thoughts are safe with me.
Mac Tag

Mac, in all things, I feel safe with you.

Muse

Today is the anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi (1813). In his honour, and yours, here is “Un dì, felice, eterea” (One day, you, happy, ethereal) a duet from the first act of La Traviata. It is sung by the male and female protagonists of the opera, Alfredo (a tenor) and Violetta (a soprano). The main melody of the duet, which is famous in its own right, is also an important musical theme throughout the opera. It is also notable for bein’ one of the songs heard in the film Pretty Woman.

Original Italian	English Translation
Alfredo: Un dì, felice, eterea, Mi balenaste innante, E da quel dì tremante Vissi d’ignoto amor. Di quell’amor ch’è palpito Dell’universo, Dell’universo intero, Misterioso, altero, Croce e delizia cor. Misterioso, Misterioso altero, Croce e delizia al cor. Violetta: Ah, se ciò è ver, fuggitemi, Solo amistade io v’offro: Amar non so, nè soffro Un così eroico amor. Io sono franca, ingenua; Altra cercar dovete; Non arduo troverete Dimenticarmi allor.	Alfredo: One day, you, happy, ethereal, appeared in front of me, and ever since, trembling, I lived from unknown love. That love that is the pulse of the universe, the whole universe, Mysterious, proud, torture and delight to the heart. Mysterious, mysterious and proud, torture and delight to the heart. Violetta: If that is true, forget me. Friendship is all I can offer. I do not know how to love. I could not feel so great an emotion.. I am being honest with you, sincere. You should find somebody else. Then you would not find it hard to forget me.

Original Italian

English Translation

Alfredo:

Un dì, felice, eterea,
Mi balenaste innante,
E da quel dì tremante
Vissi d’ignoto amor.
Di quell’amor ch’è palpito
Dell’universo, Dell’universo intero,
Misterioso, altero,
Croce e delizia cor.
Misterioso, Misterioso altero,
Croce e delizia al cor.

Violetta:

Ah, se ciò è ver, fuggitemi,
Solo amistade io v’offro:
Amar non so, nè soffro
Un così eroico amor.
Io sono franca, ingenua;
Altra cercar dovete;
Non arduo troverete
Dimenticarmi allor.

Alfredo:

One day, you, happy, ethereal,
appeared in front of me,
and ever since, trembling,
I lived from unknown love.
That love that is the
pulse of the universe, the whole universe,
Mysterious, proud,
torture and delight to the heart.
Mysterious, mysterious and proud,
torture and delight to the heart.

Violetta:

If that is true, forget me.
Friendship is all I can offer.
I do not know how to love.
I could not feel so great an emotion..
I am being honest with you, sincere.
You should find somebody else.
Then you would not find it hard
to forget me.

The Song of the Day is “Un dì, felice, eterea” as performed by Giuseppe di Stefano and Maria Callas.

I will never forget the day you appeared in front of me, happy, ethereal.

Nicholas Roerich

Today is the birthday of Nicholas Roerich (Saint Petersburg; October 9, 1874 – December 13, 1947 Naggar, Himachal Pradesh, India) – known also as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh; painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, and philosopher. He was interested in hypnosis and other spiritual practices and his paintings are said to have hypnotic expression.

Gallery

“Language of bird” 1920

Guests from Overseas, 1901 (Varangians in Rus’)

Roerich. 1916

Roerich’s family (Kullu valley, India)

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Nicholas Roerich, and Mohammad Yunus. (Roerich’s estate, Kullu).

Altai. Peaks and passes named in honor of the Roerich family.

Treasure of angels

A photograph by David Wilkie Wynfield of Solomon in oriental costume.

Today is the birthday of Simeon Solomon (London; 9 October 1840 – 14 August 1905); Pre-Raphaelite painter noted for his depictions of Jewish life and same-sex desire.