e. e. cummings

somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence: in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which i cannot touch because they are too near your slightest look easily will unclose me though i have closed myself as fingers, … More e. e. cummings

José Miguel Wisnik

Years ago I took a class from this interesting professor, on Mário de Andrade and music. Before Reeducation I did a lot of things like that. Reeducation was not able to believe we could have had any kind of rich experience in our past, and yet we did. Axé.

Minou

This is another song from the Russian lullaby animation project. The child dreams his whole life, and when he is on the point of death, he awakes. I am taking German. In the Roman alphabet, with the English translation, I can understand this whole Yiddish song. Axé.

Caballito negro

Ay, ay, caballito negro, ¿dónde llevas tu jinete muerto? Ay, ay, caballito frío, ¡qué perfume de flor de cuchillo! Ay, little black horse, where are you taking your dead rider? Ay, cold little horse, ay the smell of knife-blossom! Axé.

Nanni, Nanni

I am so sad about the disappearance of my cat, who was beautiful and seemed genuinely Egyptian somehow. Here is a Greek lullaby with amusing animation, apparently about Odysseus. I am convinced lullabies are so mysterious and haunting not just because they are about dreams and sleep. I believe many are sung for children who … More Nanni, Nanni