where are you ?

O you who've gone on pilgrimage -
where are you, where, oh where?
Here, here is the Beloved!
Oh come now, come, oh come!
Your friend, he is your neighbor,
he is next to your wall -
You, erring in the desert -
what air of love is this?
If you'd see the Beloved's
form without any form -
You are the house, the master,
You are the Kaaba, you! . . .
Where is a bunch of roses,
if you would be this garden?
Where, one soul's pearly essence
when you're the Sea of God?
That's true - and yet your troubles
may turn to treasures rich -
How sad that you yourself veil
the treasure that is yours!

Rûmi, "I am wind, you are fire".
traduction d'Annemarie Schimmel

Una furtiva lagrima

La sublime romance "Una furtiva lagrima" est issue de l'opéra "L'elisir d'amore" de Gaetano Donizetti (1832).

Nemorino a acheté un deuxième flacon à un charlatan, en pensant qu'il contient un élixir d'amour capable de lui gagner le cœur d'Adina, une riche propriétaire. Pour payer cette nouvelle dose, Nemorino s'engage dans l'armée. Adina croit qu'il s'est engagé pour elle. Nemorino ne lui prête pas d'intérêt, Adina en pleure. Nemorino prend ces larmes pour le signe de son amour. Il chante sa joie d'être aimé.

Même si elle a été écrite à l'origine pour un ténor, je préfère la version chantée par Isobel Cooper (Izzy):

Isobel Cooper - (Donizetti) - Una Furtiva Lagrima sélectionné dans Musique et Classique

Una furtiva lagrima
negli occhi suoi spuntò:
Quelle festose giovani
invidiar sembrò.
Che più cercando io vò?
Che più cercando io vò?
M'ama! Sì, m'ama, lo vedo. Lo vedo.
Un solo istante i palpiti
del suo bel cor sentir!
I miei sospir, confondere
per poco a' suoi sospir!
I palpiti, i palpiti sentir,
confondere i miei coi suoi sospir...
Cielo! Si può morir!
Di più non chiedo, non chiedo.
Ah, cielo! Si può, Si può morir
Di più non chiedo, non chiedo.
Si può morir, Si può morir d'amor.

Karima Ladjimi: directrice de production du film "démineurs", vainqueur de 6 oscars

histoire de ne pas me répéter, et pour les amis blogueurs qui ne sont pas sur FB, voici mon article sur la tunisienne Karima Ladjimi, directrice de production du film Démineurs (the hurt locker), vainqueur cette nuit de 6 oscars.
Le film à petit budget (15 millions de dollars) a coiffé au poteau le titan "Avatar", film le plus cher de l'histoire du cinéma, qui a coûté la bagatelle de 300 millions de dollars.
La sublime Karima est notre fierté nationale, en cette journée de la femme :)

cliquez ici: http://www.tap.info.tn/fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13345&Itemid=34

Both sides now - Jani Mitchell

- VidoEmo - Emotional Video Unity

Bows and flows of angel hair
and ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere,
i've looked at cloud that way.
But now they only block the sun,
they rain and snow on everyone.
So many things i would have done
but clouds got in my way.

I've looked at clouds from both sides now,
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions i recall.
I really don't know clouds at all.

Moons and junes and ferris wheels,
the dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real;
i've looked at love that way.
But now it's just another show.
you leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know,
don't give yourself away.

I've looked at love from both sides now,
From give and take, and still somehow
It's love's illusions i recall.
I really don't know love at all.

Tears and fears and feeling proud
to say "i love you" right out loud,
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds,
i've looked at life that way.
But now old friends are acting strange,
they shake their heads, they say I've changed.
Something's lost but something's gained
in living every day.

I've looked at life from both sides now,
From win and lose, and still somehow
It's life's illusions i recall.
I really don't know life at all.

You have loved enough

- VidoEmo - Emotional Video Unity