from L’Allegria by Giuseppe Ungaretti
Mariano il 27 June 1916
Cammina cammina
ho ritrovato
il pozzo d’amore
Nell’occhio
di mill’una notte
ho riposato
Agli abbandonati giradini
ella spprodava
come una colomba
Fra l’aria
del meriggio
ch’era uno svenimento
le ho colto
arance e gelsumini
PHASE
I walked and walked
and found
the well of love
In the eye
on the thousand and one nights
I rested
In the abandoned gardens
she landed
like a dove
From the air
of the afternoon
ever so faintly
I just caught the scent
of oranges and jasmine
