Poesie - Lelio Porreca

Il poeta diventa vecchio

L’estate altro non θ che messi gialle
con la macchietta rossa di un trattore.
Prima era un volo lento di farfalle:
su una collina stavo col mio amore.

 

The Poet Grows Old

The other summer there was nothing but yellow harvests
With the little red spot of a tractor.
Before there was a slow flight of butterflies:
And I was on a hill with my love.

English translation courtesy of Marion Apley Porreca

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