from L’Allegria by Giuseppe Ungaretti
Parigi – Milano 1919
Trinano le cose un’estesa
monotonia di assenze
Ora e un pallid involucro
L’assurro scuro delle
profondita si e franto
Ora e un arido manto
RETURN
Things are dominated
by an excessive monotony of absences
Now they are just pale wrappings
The dark absurdity of the depths broke open
Now it is only a desiccated mantle
