| IL SALTIMBANCO
Di Aldo Palazzeschi Chi sono? Son forse un poeta? No certo. Non scrive che una parola, ben strana, la penna dell’ anima mia: follìa. Son dunque un pittore? Neanche. Non à che un colore la tavolozza dell’ anima mia: malinconìa. Un musico allora? Nemmeno. Non c’è che una nota nella tastiera dell’ anima mia: nostalgìa. Son dunque… che cosa? Io metto una lente dinanzi al mio core, per farlo vedere alla gente. Chi sono? Il saltimbanco dell’ anima mia. |
THE JESTER
By Aldo Palazzeschi Who am I? Am I a poet perhaps? Of course not. The pen of this soul of mine writes but one, very strange, word for me: folly. So I am a painter then? Not nearly. The palette of this soul of mine holds but one colour for me: melancholy. Am I a musician then? Not a chance. The keyboard of this soul of mine has but one note for me: sentimentality. And so I am….what? I place a lens in front of my heart for all the world to see. Who am I? The jester of this soul of mine. Translation by ©Matilda Colarossi |
Aldo Palazzeschi was the pen name of Aldo Giurlani, an Italian novelist, poet, journalist and essayist. The poem Il Satimbanco is from his collection “Poemi”, Florence 1909
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