” equinox september 2019 “

Rinaldo Rasa

acrylic on bamboo paper handwritten

 

 

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Song XXXV
IMITATION
by Giacomo Leopardi

Where are you going,
tender little leaf,
so far from your bough?
The wind tore me away
from the beech where I was born.
Whirling as he flies, he spirits me
from wood to meadow
and from hill to valley.
I wander with him endlessly,
disregarding everything.
Where all else goes I go,
where by nature rose
and laurel leaf go,too.

(Translated from Italian by Jonathan Galassi)

 

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CANTO XXXV

Giacomo Leopardi

IMITAZIONE

Lungi dal proprio ramo,
Povera foglia frale,
Dove vai tu? Dal faggio
Là dov’io nacqui, mi divise il vento.
Esso, tornando, a volo
Dal bosco alla campagna,
Dalla valle mi porta alla montagna.
Seco perpetuamente
Vo pellegrina, e tutto l’altro ignoro.
Vo dove ogni altra cosa,
Dove naturalmente
Va la foglia di rosa,
E la foglia d’alloro.

1835

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monday september 23 2019

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