Dino Campana – Three florentine girls / Tre giovani fiorentine

Federico Zandomeneghi, Promenade, c. 1890

On their virginal step kept on swaying
 kept on swaying their musical hair
 in the great radiance of the gentle sun
 they were three virgins and a single grace
 on their virginal step kept on swaying
 black and crispy their virginal hair
 they were three virgins and a single grace
 and six small feet in military march.

Ondulava sul passo virginale
 ondulava la chioma musicale
 nello splendore del tiepido sole
 eran tre vergini e una grazia sola
 ondulava sul passo virginale
 crespa e nera la chioma musicale
 eran tre vergini e una grazia sola
 e sei piedini in marcia militare.