Arthur Rackham (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939)
From our stacks: Illustrations from The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie By Richard Wagner With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Margaret Armour. London: William Heinemann. New York: Doubleday Page & Co, 1910.
Takashi Shimura in Ikiru, 1952. Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
…For those of you / who know no tomorrow/ life is brief /fall in love, maidens/ before his hands/ take up his boat/ before the flush of his cheeks fades/ for those of you
who will never return here/ life is brief/fall in love, maidens/before the boat drifts away
on the waves/ before the hand resting on your shoulder/ becomes frail for those who will never /be seen here again/ life is brief/ fall in love, maidens/ before the raven tresses/ begin to fade/ before the flame in your hearts/ flicker and die/ for those to whom today/ will never return ( “Gondola No Uta” ゴンドラの唄)