tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post1095970188978427316..comments2024-01-20T21:17:03.430-05:00Comments on "Sweetness, and Light": "...Punchline"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-45688708530614078442017-04-03T16:29:32.161-04:002017-04-03T16:29:32.161-04:00Neat having such smart pals.
This was/is the poin...Neat having such smart pals.<br /><br />This was/is the point of community.<br /><br />In this age of wonders through digital one's, and zero's...again bless them Arab wise-guys.<br /><br />Oh the Zero!<br /><br />Where would we be without it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-81075967529025837832017-04-03T16:26:23.654-04:002017-04-03T16:26:23.654-04:00I was hoping someone would note that jazz.
I'...I was hoping someone would note that jazz.<br /><br />I'm no good at any of this. I found the image could make out bits of it. It spoke to my wanderings.<br /><br />Yeah love them Arab science things from the day. <br /><br />They saved Civilization.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-7629973769710841572017-04-03T04:37:56.381-04:002017-04-03T04:37:56.381-04:00I'll take another shot at translating:
"...I'll take another shot at translating: <br /><br />"I wish thee to kill me, and thenceforth dead / Thou shalt be my great queen and great Lady." <br /><br />The singer means when he shall be dead, not when she shall; this is clear from the gender agreement of "morto," a dead man, not "morta," a dead woman. Translation is tricky; and Renaissance love lyrics tend often to be morbid, in English and Italian too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-30217722643955869682017-04-03T04:02:02.452-04:002017-04-03T04:02:02.452-04:00Those Arab inclinometers and assorted astrological...Those Arab inclinometers and assorted astrological & astronomical devices are right up my alley! <br /><br />The lyrics by the bird's tail mean "I want thee to kill me, and thence from death/Thou shalt be my queen and great Lady." <br /><br />ZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com