Sandro Penna – Happy is he who’s different / Felice chi è diverso

James Ensor, Self-portrait with Masks, 1899

Happy is he who’s different
really being different.
But cursed is he who’s different
really being common.

(Transl. by Aaron Giovannone)

Felice chi è diverso
essendo egli diverso.
Ma guai a chi è diverso
essendo egli comune.