Sunday, February 15, 2009

The New Colossus

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(Fotografia arxiu Isalguer Almenara)


Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

—Emma Lazarus, 1883

El nou colós

No com l'altiu gegant grec de bronze,
amb les extremitats a cavall de la terra en senyal de conquesta;
s’alçarà aquí, a les portes del ponent banyades per la mar,
una poderosa dona amb una torxa, la flama de la qual
és llum de presoners, i el seu nom
Mare dels exiliats. Des del far de la seva mà
il·lumina la benvinguda a tot el món; els seus tebis ulls dominen
l’aire del port amb ponts que uneixen les ciutats bessones.
“Guardeu-vos, terres antigues, la vostra pompa llegendària!” plora
amb els llavis en silenci. "Doneu-me els vostres cansats, els vostres pobres,
les vostres turbes amuntegades que anhelen respirar la llibertat,
el rebuig desvalgut de les vostres curulles platges.
Envieu-me aquests, els desvalguts, sacudits per les tempestes,
que al costat de la porta daurada, hi alço la meva flama!”

(Traducció, M. Miró)


Sunday, February 8, 2009

Stand by me

nit de lluna plena

When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we see
No I won't be afraid
No I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me

So darling, darling stand by me
Oh, now, now, stand by me
Stand by me, stand by me

If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
And the mountain should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry
No I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me

And darling, darling stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Stand by me, stand by me, stand by me
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Saturday, January 31, 2009

I can't stop


"I hate television. I hate it as much as I hate peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts."

Orson Welles

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Giving it a slight thought (4)


If you name me, I disappear. What am I?

Sunday, January 11, 2009

What's so funny? (2)


When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that would write in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 3oo ºC. The russian used a (...).
What?

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Happy Christmas

(War is Over) - by John Lennon

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Memorable Quotes (2)

Dwight D. Eisenhower
- A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

Albert Einstein
- The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Som-hi:
- Jo no penso mai en el futur. Ja ve prou de pressa. (A. Einstein)