MINAMOSOGNO

an irregular mini – opera in three acts / movements

( —in memory of János Pilinszky —  )

dedicated to Mari Törőcsik and Zoltán Kocsis

by József Bíró                                         

MOVEMENT ONE

VIVACE

(  1  )

work knows suitable

half reed well-spring

:  thinks leaves wedding

takes posterior truth

hearty rejects leader

:  cloud bleeds tune

saint-lamb familiar lung

in-lap narrow toast-freedom

:  granted thorough brains-washing

undoubted rain pouring

no definite newsagent

:  sleek distant below

behind pallets lair

crafted man survives

:  soon loves seriously

enjoys crabbing nature

lies sluttish dreariness

:  sizing starts deepen

wants fastidious candle-stump

colourfully see country

:  such smile sometimes

VIVACE

(  2  )

distorted anxious vision

unbounded kantele wheezes

:  stuck humid gold

flawless hair prophecy

yesterday lamentable dream

:  bars twisting continuous

tired rope-bridge stammers

leeward place terminates

: promptly three following

orphaned bitter wall-clock

tyranny in-pair embellished

:  fresh arriving drama

petals open umbrella

honey-tasted opinion drizzling

: free vapour swallowing

experience brings harbour

outdoor sequel undertakes

:  looks doubt daily

naked trial part

being viable darkness

:  holiday croons sea

VIVACE

(  3  )

externally executes life

sets shaman-drum scar-ash: 

surprising however appears

rubbish lies bread

aimless variation knows

: flutters piano flower-path

at-the-same-place spittle-splashed blanket

bittering mouldy shroud

:  rotten noting cabbage

never waving map

camouflage self-collected dead-end-village

:  abyss appears edge

undulated ice-block directs

validated wax sky

:  walk-distance evades fat

sorrow in-time same

merciful stunt home-cry

:  immersed past aspect

mossy aflutter scribbling-block

servant stoops envelope

: standard harrow nestles

(   furioso   )

spawn-striked painting again

but breakthrough smoke-stripe

:  black counterpoint occasion

desire-wing educates time-goal

taking resigning reason

:  hanging orders multitudinous

against leather-binding soap

output odorous skull

:  gaseous trace beside

MOVEMENT TWO

PARLANDO

(  1  )

thinks leaves wedding

cloud bleeding tune

:  granted thorough brainwash

sleek distant below

soon loves seriously

:  seizing starts deepen

such smile sometimes

stuck humid gold

:  bars twisting continuous

promptly three following

fresh arriving drama

:  free vapour swallowing

looks doubt daily

holiday croons sea

:  surprising however appears

flutters piano flower-path

rotten noting cabbage

:  abyss appears edge

walk-distance evades fat

immersed past aspect

:  standard harrow nestles

PARLANDO

(  2  )

granted thorough brainwashing

thinks leaves wedding

:  cloud bleeds tune

sizing starts deepen

sleek distant below

:  soon loves seriously

bars twisting continuous

such smile sometimes

:  stuck humid gold

free vapour swallowing

promptly three following

:  fresh arriving drama

surprising however appears

looks doubt daily

:  holiday croons sea

abyss cries edge

flutters piano flower-path

:  rotten noting cabbage

standard harrow nestles

walk-distance evades fat

:  immersed past aspect

PARLANDO

(  3  )

cloud bleeds tune

granted thorough brainwashing

:  thinks leaves wedding

soon loves seriously

sizing starts deepen

: sleek distant below

stuck humid gold

bars twisting continuous

:  such smile sometimes

fresh arriving drama

free vapour swallowing

:  promptly three following

holiday croons see

surprising however appears

:  looks doubt daily

rotten noting cabbage

abyss cries edge

:  flutters piano flower-path

immersed past aspect

standard harrow nestles

:  walk-distance evades fat

(   furioso   )

spawn-striked painting again

but breakthrough smoke-stripe

:  black counterpoint occasion

desire-wing educates time-goal

taking resigning reason

:  hanging orders multitudinous

against leather-binding soap

output odorous skull

:  gaseous trace beside

MOVEMENT THREE

thinks leaves marriage

sleek distant below

such smile sometimes

promptly three following

looks doubt daily

flutters piano flower-path

walk-distance evades fat

cloud bleeds tune

soon loves seriously

stuck humid gold

fresh arriving drama

holiday croons sea

rotten noting cabbage

immersed past aspect

granted thorough brainwashing

sizing starts deepen

bars twisting continuous

free vapour swallowing

surprising however appears

abyss cries edge

standard harrow nestles

RUBATO

(  2  )

cloud bleeds tune

soon loves seriously

stuck humid gold

fresh arriving drama

holiday croons sea

rotten noting cabbage

immersed past aspect

thorough brainwashing

sizing starts deepen

bars twisting continuous

free vapour swallowing

surprising however appears

abyss cries edge

standard harrow nestles

thinks leaves wedding

sleek distant below

such smile sometimes

promptly three following

looks doubt daily

flutters piano flower-path

walk-distance evades fat

RUBATO

(  3  )

immersed past aspect

rotten noting cabbage

holiday croons sea

fresh arriving drama

stuck humid gold

soon loves seriously

cloud bleeds tune

walk-distance evades fat

flutters piano flower-path

look doubt daily

promptly three following

such smile sometimes

sleek distant below

thinks leaves wedding

standard harrow nestles

abyss cries edge

surprising however appears

free vapour swallowing

bars twisting continuous

sizing starts deepen

granted thorough brainwashing

(   furioso   )

spawn-striked painting again

but breakthrough smoke-stripe

:  black counterpoint occasion

desire-wing educates time-goal

taking resigning reason

:  hanging orders multitudinous

against leather-binding soap

output odorous skull

:  gaseous trace beside

(   translation :  Balázs Kántás   )

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