2009-05-03

Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae

En dikt av Ernest Dowson (1867-1900). Hittar ni en känd fras..?

Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine
There fell thy shadow, Cynara! thy breath was shed
Upon my soul between the kisses and the wine;
And I was desolate and sick of an old passion,
Yea, I was desolate and bowed my head:
I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.

All night upon mine heart I felt her warm heart beat,
Night-long within mine arms in love and sleep she lay;
Surely the kisses of her bought red mouth were sweet;
But I was desolate and sick of an old passion,
When I awoke and found the dawn was gray;
I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.

I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind,
Flung roses, roses riotously with the throng,
Dancing, to put thy pale, lost lilies out of mind;
But I was desolate and sick of an old passion,
Yea, all the time, because the dance was long;
I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.

I cried for madder music and for stronger wine,
But when the feast is finished and the lamps expire,
Then falls thy shadow, Cynara! the night is thine;
And I was desolate and sick of an old passion,
Yea hungry for the lips of my desire:
I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.

Facit:
> Tredje stycket, första raden: Gone with the Wind. Som Margaret Mitchells bok, och filmen. <

Han är dessutom den förste som man vet stavade ordet soccer just så, 1895 (tidigare socca och socker).

6 kommentarer:

  1. "Soccer" är en förkortning av "association football". Namnet syftar på Football Association, Englands fotbollsförbund.

    SvaraRadera
  2. Sista raden i varje strof leder tankarna till musicallåten "Always true to you in my fashion" (ur "Kiss me, Kate").

    SvaraRadera
  3. Med refrängen "But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion/Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way."

    Slump (kanske oundviklig) eller medvetet? Eller ett stilgrepp som använts även av andra?

    SvaraRadera
  4. Hur skulle "association football", kunna förkortas till "soccer"?

    SvaraRadera

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