I was but what you’d brush..., by Paul Graves I was but what you’d brush /
with your palm, what your leaning /
brow would hunch to in evening’s /
raven-black hush.
I was but what your gaze ...
in french
Joseph Brodsky (français)
J’étais cela seulement..., Véronique Schiltz J’étais cela seulement /
que tu effleurais de la paume, /
sur quoi dans la dense nuit /
d’encre, tu inclinais ton front.
J’étais tout juste ce ...
in italian
Iosif Brodskij (italiano)
Io ero solamente ciò..., Giovanni Buttafava Io ero solamente ciò /
che tu toccavi, quello /
su cui – notte fonda, corvina – /
la fronte reclinavi tu.
Io ero solamente ciò /
che tu là in...