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The Silent Duchess

by Dacia Maraini

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Kenneth Tabona said: " I must read the Italian original. The translation simply loses the poetic nuance of the Italian original. Not quite as literal as the Lawrence translation of Mastro Don Gesualdo which upsets me no end....this translation shows the book up as superfic ...more "

Apr 28, 2013 11:18PM · see review

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“Too late came I to love you, O Beauty both so ancient and so new! Too late came I to love you - and behold you were with me all the time . . .”
― Saint Augustine

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“Belatedly I loved thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, belatedly I loved thee. For see, thou wast within and I was without, and I sought thee out there. Unlovely, I rushed heedlessly among the lovely things thou hast made. Thou wast with me, but I was not with thee. These things kept me far from thee; even though they were not at all unless they were in thee. Thou didst call and cry aloud, and didst force open my deafness. Thou didst gleam and shine, and didst chase away my blindness. Thou didst breathe fragrant odors and I drew in my breath; and now I pant for thee. I tasted, and now I hunger and thirst. Thou didst touch me, and I burned for thy peace.”
― St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

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