Pasternak

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The Strada Stretta Concept, under the auspices of the Valletta 2018 Foundation presents 'Pasternak', under the artistic direction of Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci.

'Not only Zhivago,
F'xi mkien maħbuba tiegħi f'xi mkien.'

An evening with Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci and Tom Armitage.

Divine Hypocrite (Akhmatova)

Life as a creation by an artist. Little was he aware that the artist turned out to be Stalin. Telephone conversation: Tovorish Stalin and the joy of existence. The post of a poet is retained. It is dangerous, if not vacant.

Il-Ħajja hija biss mument
biss dak li jiddeweb
tagħna nfusna fl-oħrajn
bħala rigal lil'llkoll

Life is also only a moment
Only the dissolving
Of ourselves in all others,
As if in gift to them.

Zhivago and beyond, Pasternak and beyond.

Il-futur mhux suffiċjenti,
il-qadim u l-ġdid m'humiex biżżejjed
meħtieġ bħal siġra tal-Milied
l-eternita f'nofs il-kamra tinstab.

The future is not sufficient,
The old and the new are not enough.
It is necessary that -- like a Christmas tree-
Eternity stand in the middle of the room

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Special thanks to Jason Masini & Splendid