Blaga Dimitrova – Mi avvolgano ali / Let wings enshroud me

Evelyn De Morgan, Boreas and Oreithyia, 1896

Let wings enshroud me,
not close me.
My spirit is free,
not folded;
not behind my shoulders,
safely secure,
but side by side
against wind in storm.

Mi avvolgano ali,
senza racchiudermi.
Il mio spirito aperto,
non in me ripiegata.
Non dietro a una spalla,
al sicuro protetta,
ma fianco a fianco
contro il vento in bufera.

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