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Papà, radice e luce, portami ancora per mano
Maria Luisa Spaziani Papà, radice e luce, portami ancora per mano nell’ottobre dorato del primo giorno di scuola. Le rondini partivano, strillavano: tra cinquant’anni ci ricorderai. |
Papa, essence and light, take me again by the hand
Maria Luisa Spaziani Papa, essence and light, take me again by the hand in that golden October of my first day of school. The swallows were departing, screeching: fifty years from now you will remember us. Translation ©Matilda Colarossi |
Maria Luisa Spaziani was a poet, playwright and translator; she published extensively in all three fields, and was nominated three times for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Her poetry embraces the natural world.
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