Day: April 19, 2020

Sandro Penna – Era la vita tua lieta e gentile / Your life is pleasing and gentle

Carlo Ferranti, An Amorous Advance, c. 1908 Your life is pleasing and gentle. Along the way appeared a well-dressed gentleman, full of love but who was, simply, a worm. Your life is quiet and unconcerned with style. (Transl. by Peter Valente) Era la vita tua lieta e gentile. Quando a un tratto arrivò, gonfio d’amore, …

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Sandro Penna – O solitario intorno a una fontana / Lonely, you stand near the fountain

Maria Fortuny, Il contino, 1861 Lonely, you stand near the fountain, your face reflected in the water. The raw poetry of the military decoration burns in your heart with a fire greater than Botticelli’s Venus. (Transl. by Peter Valente) O solitario intorno a una fontana. Il poetico nudo della leva militare nel tuo cuore ardeva …

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