Alda Merini – Ieri sera era amore / Last night it was love

Goxwa Borg, Kiss, c. 2000

Last night it was love,
you and me in life
fleeting and fugitive
with one kiss and one mouth
as in an abstract painting:
you and me in love
side by side, majestically.
I bejeweled you and told it:
but my feeling
faded in words.

(Transl. by D. Foglia)

Ieri sera era amore,
io e te nella vita
fuggitivi e fuggiaschi
con un bacio e una bocca
come in un quadro astratto:
io e te innamorati
stupendamente accanto.
Io ti ho gemmato e l’ho detto:
ma questa mia emozione
si è spenta nelle parole.

This is a personal translation. Please contact me if you know another English translation.