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October 20, 2008
Mondana Commedia n.5: Fine
(World Comedy n.5: The End)
G. Ungaretti, G. Monte, A. Phipps, Genesis
by Guido Monte & Alison Phipps
Multilingual Poetry
scuola (school)© 2008 Simone Di Trapani
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(Swans - October 20, 2008)
en souvenir de fleurs enterrées
un vent a passé sur ce désert...
nous sommes tels qu'en autumne
sur l'arbre la feuille We stay as autumn
on the trees the leaves
tamas ombres noires
ombre nere dark shades
on the trees
the apples
green,
des pommes vertes
pendantes
hovering there
on the high
branch
comme un faucon
pouncing
from on high
on our belief.
war'a hawat toh waboh
and the land was alone
un coeur vide un soffio
desde de aquel fondo de infinidad
inside that bottom of infinite
inside
la chair de la pomme
sharp to the
forked
tongue
sweet with relief
for the woman
picking hope.
je cherche un pays innocent
I'm searching for an innocent land
Und es gibt
nur Schlangen.
And everywhere
above and below
writhing snakes
and feathers
floating to defy
against
gravity's
apple.
Alison Phipps is Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies at the University of Glasgow.
Picture: scuola (school), by Simone Di Trapani (2008).
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