18 Temmuz 2026 Cumartesi

Persuasion / Jane Austen

"I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone have brought me to Bath. For you alone, I think and plan. Have you not seen this? Can you fail to have understood my wishes? I had not waited even these ten days, could I have read your feelings, as I think you must have penetrated mine. I can hardly write. I am every instant hearing something which overpowers me. You sink your voice, but I can distinguish the tones of that voice when they would be lost on others. Too good, too excellent creature! You do us justice, indeed. You do believe that there is true attachment and constancy among men. Believe it to be most fervent, most undeviating, in F. W.

“I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your party, as soon as possible. A word, a look, will be enough to decide whether I enter your father’s house this evening or never.”

Jane Austen - (Persuasion)

Note: It’s the letter Captain Wentworth writes to Anne Elliot in Jane Austen’s "Persuasion".


Photo by David Dubnitskiy

17 Temmuz 2026 Cuma

El futuro / Julio Cortázar

El futuro

Y sé muy bien que no estarás.
No estarás en la calle, en el murmullo que brota de noche
de los postes de alumbrado, ni en el gesto
de elegir el menú, ni en la sonrisa
que alivia los completos de los subtes,
ni en los libros prestados ni en el hasta mañana.

No estarás en mis sueños,
en el destino original de mis palabras,
ni en una cifra telefónica estarás
o en el color de un par de guantes o una blusa.
Me enojaré amor mío, sin que sea por ti,
y compraré bombones pero no para ti,
me pararé en la esquina a la que no vendrás,
y diré las palabras que se dicen
y comeré las cosas que se comen
y soñaré las cosas que se sueñan
y sé muy bien que no estarás,
ni aquí adentro, la cárcel donde aún te retengo,
ni allí fuera, este río de calles y de puentes.
No estarás para nada, no serás ni recuerdo,
y cuando piense en ti pensaré un pensamiento
que oscuramente trata de acordarse de ti.

Julio Cortázar - (Salvo el crepúsculo, 1984)




The Future

And I know full well you won’t be there.
You won’t be in the street, in the hum that buzzes
from the arc lamps at night, nor in the gesture
of selecting from the menu, nor in the smile
that lightens people packed into the subway,
nor in the borrowed books, nor in the see-you-tomorrow.

You won’t be in my dreams,
in my words’ first destination,
nor will you be in a telephone number
or in the color of a pair of gloves or a blouse.
I’ll get angry, love, without it being on account of you,
and I’ll buy chocolates but not for you,
I’ll stop at the corner you’ll never come to,
and I’ll say the words that are said
and I’ll eat the things that are eaten
and I’ll dream the dreams that are dreamed
and I know full well you won’t be there,
nor here inside, in the prison where I still hold you,
nor there outside, in this river of streets and bridges.
You won’t be there at all, you won’t even be a memory,
and when I think of you I’ll be thinking a thought
that’s obscurely trying to recall you.

Julio Cortázar

"Save Twilight (City Lights Books, 1997) – Translated by Stephen Kessler"




Il futuro

E so molto bene che non ci sarai.
Non ci sarai nella strada,
non nel mormorio che sgorga di notte
dai pali che la illuminano,
neppure nel gesto di scegliere il menù,
o nel sorriso che alleggerisce il “tutto completo” delle sotterranee,
nei libri prestati e nell’arrivederci a domani.

Nei miei sogni non ci sarai,
nel destino originale delle parole,
né ci sarai in un numero di telefono
o nel colore di un paio di guanti, di una blusa.
Mi infurierò, amor mio, e non sarà per te,
e non per te comprerò dolci,
all’angolo a cui non svolterai,
e dirò le parole che si dicono
e mangerò le cose che si mangiano
e sognerò i sogni che si sognano
e so molto bene che non ci sarai,
né qui dentro, il carcere dove ancora ti detengo,
né là fuori, in quel fiume di strade e di ponti.
Non ci sarai per niente, non sarai neppure ricordo,
e quando ti penserò, penserò un pensiero
che oscuramente cerca di ricordarsi di te.

Julio Cortázar

"Le ragioni della collera (Fahrenheit 451, 1995), trad. it. G. Toti"




Le futur

Et je sais très bien que tu n’y seras pas.
Tu ne seras pas dans la rue, dans le murmure qui jaillit la nuit
des réverbères, ni dans le geste
de choisir le menu, ni dans le sourire
qui soulage les métros complets,
ni dans les livres prêtés ni dans les mots à demain.

Tu ne seras pas dans mes rêves,
ni dans le destin original de mes mots,
ni dans un chiffre téléphonique
ou la couleur d’une paire de gants ou d’une blouse.
Je me fâcherai, mon amour, non pas à cause de toi,
et j’achèterai des bonbons mais pas pour toi,
je serai debout au coin d’une rue où tu ne viendras pas,
et je dirai les mots qui se disent
et je mangerai les choses qui se mangent
et je rêverai les rêves qui se rêvent
et je sais très bien que tu n’y seras pas,
ni ici dedans, la prison où encore je te retiens,
ni là dehors, ce fleuve de rues et de ponts.
Tu ne seras pas du tout, tu ne seras même pas un souvenir,
et si je pense à toi, je penserai une pensée
qui obscurément essaye de t’évoquer.

Julio Cortázar

"Crépuscule d’automne (Corti, 2010) – Traduit de l’espagnol (Argentine) par Silvia Baron Supervielle"


Paris, France, 1962, by Édouard Boubat

16 Temmuz 2026 Perşembe

Después de las fiestas / Julio Cortázar

Después de las fiestas

Y cuando todo el mundo se iba
y nos quedábamos los dos
entre vasos vacíos y ceniceros sucios,

qué hermoso era saber que estabas
ahí como un remanso,
sola conmigo al borde de la noche,
y que durabas, eras más que el tiempo,

eras la que no se iba
porque una misma almohada
y una misma tibieza
iba a llamarnos otra vez
a despertar al nuevo día,
juntos, riendo, despeinados.

Julio Cortázar - (Salvo el crepúsculo, 1984)




After the Party

And when everyone had gone
and just the two of us were left
among the empty glasses and dirty ashtrays,

how beautiful it was to know that you
were there like an oasis,
alone with me at the night’s edge,
and you were lasting, you were more than time,

you were the one who wouldn’t leave
because one pillow
one warmth
was going to call us again
awake to the new day,
together, laughing, disheveled.

Julio Cortázar




Dopo le feste

E quando tutti se ne andavano
e restavamo in due
tra bicchieri vuoti e portacenere sporchi,
com'era bello sapere che eri lì
come una corrente che ristagna,
sola con me sull'orlo della notte,
e che duravi, eri più che il tempo,
eri quella che non se ne andava
perché uno stesso cuscino
e uno stesso tepore
ci avrebbero chiamati di nuovo
a svegliare il nuovo giorno,
insieme, ridendo, spettinati.

Julio Cortázar


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