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Notes on Poetics and Ethics
(27 Notes/27 Translations)
Translated by Manuel Savidis
1.
[ I have never lived in the country ]
2.
[ I feel an extraordinary ability ]
3.
[ Do Truth and Lies really exist? ]
4.
[ I have often observed ]
5.
[ It crossed my mind ]
6.
[ Who knows what notions of lust ]
7.
[ I do not know if perversion empowers ]
8.
[ Monks see things ]
9.
[ It takes time to discover ]
10.
[ A young poet paid me a call ]
11.
[ Like a fine tailor ]
12.
[ What makes English literature ]
13.
[ The wretched laws of society ]
14.
[ What a deceitful thing Art can be ]
15.
[ I sometimes appreciate ]
16.
[ Without excitement ]
17.
[ I have grown accustomed to Alexandria ]
18.
[ A complimentary occupation ]
19.
[ I was reading tonight about Baudelaire ]
20.
[ I do like and I am moved by the beauty of the folk ]
21.
[ While the impression lasts ]
22.
[ I know that in order to succeed in life ]
23.
[ The time of year that is dear to me ]
24.
[ My life passes through sensual fluctuations ]
25.
[ What a hideous thing ]
26.
[ We work, diligently ]
27.
[ ¯ UU¯ UU¯U ... It was more or less this ]
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