BOBOLI
di Dino Campana
Nel giardino spettrale Dove il lauro reciso Spande spoglie ghirlande sul passato, Nella sera autunnale, Io lento vinto e solo Ho il profumo tuo biondo rievocato. Dalle aride pendici Aspre, arrossate ne l’ultimo sole Giungevano i rumori Rauchi già di una lontana vita. Io su le spoglie aiuole Io t’invocavo: o quali le tue voci Ultime furon, quale il tuo profumo Più caro, quale il sogno più inquieto Quale il vertiginoso appassionato Ribelle sguardo d’oro? Si udiva una fanfara Straziante salire; il fiume in piena Portava silenzioso I riflessi dei fasti d’altri tempi. Io mi affaccio a un balcone E mi investe suadente Tenero e grandioso Fondo e amaro il profumo dell’alloro: Ed ella mi è presente (Tra le statue spettrali nel tramonto) |
BOBOLI
by Dino Campana
In the spectral garden Where the severed laurel Scatters stark wreaths on the past In the autumn evening, I slow spent and alone I have your blond scent recalled. From the arid slopes Rugged, reddened in the late day sun Came coarse Echoes of a distant past. I on the barren flowerbeds Called to you: oh what sounds were Yours last, what scent Most dear, what dream most restless What vertiginous passionate Rebellious golden glance? I could hear a heartrending Fanfare rising; the river overfull Silently carried The reflections of the splendor of long ago. I look out from a balcony And am overcome enticing Tender and grandiose Deep and tart is the scent of laurel: And she is there with me (Among the spectral statues in the dusk)
Translation by ©Matilda Colarossi
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Dino Campana, (1885-1932), was an Italian poet from Marradi in Upper Mugello, a territory that would be a central part of his wanderings and writings. He is famous for his only published book of poems Orphic Songs, his borderline personality, his great genius, his ill-fated love story with Sibilla Aleramo..
Boboli is one of his many unedited poems that can be found at http://www.liberliber.it , non-profit cultural association for the promotion of artistic and intellectual expression.
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