| 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 ha 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? No, of course not. No word but one, a very strange one, does the pen of this soul of mine write for me: folly. Am I a painter then? Not even that. No colour but one does the palette of this soul of mine hold for me: melancholy. A musician then? Not a chance. No note but one does the keyboard of this soul of mine have for me: sentimentality. Am I….what then? I place a lens in front of my heart for all the world to see. Who am I? The jester of this heart 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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