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,
un lombrico vestito da signore.
E’ quieta la tua vita e senza stile.