Zelazny, Roger -- “Coming to a Cord,” Pirate Writings, #7 [Frakir] (1995)

Dave — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:02:11 +0000

“What do you think is going on, anyway?”

Some horrible Wagnerian thing, I told him, full of blood, thunder, and death for us all.

“Oh, the usual,” Luke said.

Exactly, I replied.

Roger Zelazny (1937-1995) American writer
“Coming to a Cord,” Pirate Writings, #7 [Frakir] (1995)
(Source)

Ariosto, Ludovico -- Orlando Furioso, Canto 1, st. 1 (1532) [tr. Slavitt]

Dave — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:46:12 +0000

Of ladies, knights, of passions and of wars,
of courtliness, and of valiant deeds I sing.

[Le donne i cavallier, l’arme, gli amori,
Le cortesie, l’audaci imprese io canto.]

Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533) Italian poet
Orlando Furioso, Canto 1, st. 1 (1532) [tr. Slavitt]

Alt. trans.:

"Dames, knights, and arms, and love! the deeds that spring / From courteous minds, and venturous feats, I sing!" [tr. Hoole (1807)]
"Of loves and ladies, knights and arms, I sing, / Of courtesies, and many a daring feat ...." [tr. Rose (1831)]