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Poverty - Far
Upanisad, Tacitus, Montale

 

by Guido Monte

 

Multilingual Poetry

 

 

 

 

Pic: "indifferenza" - © 2009 Giuseppe Quattrocchi - Size: 10k
indifferenza
© 2009 Giuseppe Quattrocchi

 

 

(Swans - March 23, 2009)  

far
yatra na anyat pashyati
where we cannot see each other

e altri sopportano tutte le miserie
and others bear all calamities


mundus sempiternus hominum
egestate cibi peremptus
an endless universe of men,
dead of poverty

ma se uno muore non importa a nessuno
purché sia sconosciuto e lontano

but if someone dies, it doesn't matter to anybody,
provided that he's far and unknown.

 

 

The author thanks Giusy Chirco.

Drawing: indifferenza, by Giuseppe Quattrocchi (2009).

 

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Swans -- ISSN: 1554-4915
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