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Crepuscolo ferrarese
Corrado Govoni Il mao si stira sopra il davanzale Nella muscosa pentola d’argilla La tenda della camera sciorina I ritratti che sanno tante storie Nella bonaccia della psiche ornata Sul tetto d’una prossima chiesuola agita l’ali come un uccelletto Altissimi, per l’aria, dai bastioni Le rondini bisbigliano nel nido. Il cielo chiude nella rete d’oro Dentro lo specchio, tra giallastre spume La tristezza s’appoggia a una spalliera
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Ferrara dusk
Corrado Govoni The tabby stretches on the sill In the mossy terracotta pots The billowing bedroom curtain Portraits holding countless stories On the calm of the ornate psyche On the roof of a nearby church flaps its wings like a tiny bird High, in the sky, o’er the city walls Swallows are whispering in their beds. The heavens wrap in a golden net In that mirror, in the yellow froth Sorrow finds support against a backrest Translation ©Matilda Colarossi 2018 |
The poem describes a normal landscape at dawn.
By making lists, the poet goes from the inside to the outside, listing colours, sounds, various images and the distracted observations of a bystander. The sensorial data enriches the sensations, making the text a vivid web of bold and unusual connections.
The poem is from the collection: C. Govoni, Fuochi d’artificio, in Poesia italiana del Novecento, Einaudi Ed.
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