If you’re looking for a quick, fresh, and satisfying dish perfect for summer, Salade Niçoise is your go-to. This classic French salad, bursting with vibrant colors and flavors, is not only light and refreshing but also low in carbs, making it an excellent choice for those watching their intake. With ingredients like crisp greens, juicy tomatoes, briny olives, tender tuna, and hard-boiled eggs, this salad … Continue reading Salade Niçoise 🍗 🥓 🥔
Enfance I – Les illuminations – Arthur Rimbaud – 1886 – with translations from French into 🇬🇧 English and 🇮🇹 Italian by Enzo Martinelli ©️ 2021 Enzo Martinelli Cette idole, yeux noirs et crin jaune, sans parents ni cour, plus noble que la fable, mexicaine et flamande; son domaine, azur et verdure insolents, court sur des plages nommées, par des vagues sans vaisseaux, de noms … Continue reading Enfance I, by Rimbaud 🌊✒️🇫🇷
Being beauteous- Les illuminations – Arthur Rimbaud – 1886 – with translations from French into 🇬🇧 English and 🇮🇹 Italian by Enzo Martinelli Devant une neige, un Être de beauté de haute taille. Des sifflements de mort et des cercles de musique sourde font monter, s’élargir et trembler comme un spectre ce corps adoré; des blessures écarlates et noires éclatent dans les chairs superbes. Les … Continue reading Being beauteous, by Rimbaud 🌊✒️🇫🇷
With this blog I started posting some translations of poetry from several languages into English and Italian, posting also the original versions, which are by now in the public domain. Here are the updated links to these pages, with poems by Walt Whitman, Arthur Rimbaud, Federico Garcia Lorca and Fernando Pessoa in translated versions: Walt Whitman Are You the New Person For Him I Sing … Continue reading Translated Poetry 📃➡️🏴
Aube – Les illuminations – Arthur Rimbaud – 1886 – with translations from French into English and Italian by Enzo Martinelli J’ai embrassé l’aube d’été. Rien ne bougeait encore au front des palais. L’eau était morte. Les camps d’ombre ne quittaient pas la route du bois. J’ai marché, réveillant les haleines vives et tièdes, et les pierreries se regardèrent, et les ailes se levèrent sans … Continue reading Aube, by Rimbaud 🌊✒️🇫🇷
Antique – Les Illuminations – Arthur Rimbaud – 1873-1875 – with translations from French into English and Italian by Enzo Martinelli ©️ Enzo Martinelli 2019 🇫🇷 Gracieux fils de Pan! Autour de ton front couronné de fleurettes et de baies tes yeux, des boules précieuses, remuent. Tachées de lies brunes, tes joues se creusent. Tes crocs luisent. Ta poitrine ressemble à une cithare, des tintements circulent … Continue reading Antique, by Rimbaud 📃✒️🇫🇷
🇬🇧 Toulouse Lautrec is one of my favourite restaurants, close by to where I live in South London. It started as an old pub conversion, keeping as much as possible some of the original features of the interior design and featuring some classic French cuisine. It is now also a popular jazz club and piano bar with a dense programme of concerts and events throughout every … Continue reading Toulouse Lautrec Brasserie 👨🏼🎨🇫🇷🥘
