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A Square in La Roche Guyon
Camille Pissaro |
Were born somewhere in the middle
Were wrapped in medium-quality swaddling clothes
We left a bit of space at the beginning
So that our blades would not be blunted
Sit midpoint at the table
Find our names halfway down the list
Speak up in the middle of a conversation
Tighten our belt at the midriff
Have a beauty spot amid our brow
Bite into the centre of the apple
Get married neither young nor old
Neither clever nor stupid
Neither guilty nor innocent
Equidistant at middle-age
In the middle of this century
And in the middling midst of the middle
And do not stop at the end of the road
And do not start at the beginning
But stand rather somewhere
Walk right through the middle of the world
- Eqrem Basha, translated from the Albanian by Robert Elsie
+ say hello to mr. d - esbjorn svensson trio
+ are you going with me? - anna maria jopek with pat metheny
+ homeless happiness - madeleine peyroux
+ toledo - avishai cohen
+ bach die kunst der fuge bwv 1080
+ perfume - bajofondo tango club
+ fragile e conciliante - arvo pärt
+ is this america? - pat metheny trio
+ last minutes - giovanni mirabassi
+ bach prelude bwv 872 - tureck rosalyn
+ 24 hours - wolfgang haffner
+ estrela estrela - maria rita
+ night sight - air
+ always departing - brad mehldau
+ always returning - brad mehldau