“There is a pair of red shoes
by Joyce Lussu
There is a pair of red shoes
toddler size eight
almost new:
on the inner sole still
visible is the brand name
“Schulze Monaco.”There is a pair of red shoes…”
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“Translating poetry is not an arid academic and philological exercise on the grammatical and syntactical complications of language. Translating poetry means striving to understand it; it almost means reliving it. All you need (but it is indispensable) is to have a common denominator with the poet on man’s position on life.” Joyce Lussu
For the first time, and for a poem I have “relived”, as the poet rightly states, please find here the recording of both the English and Italian versions of the poem.
| C’è un paio di scarpette Rosse
di Joyce Lussu C’è un paio di scarpette rosse C’è un paio di scarpette rosse Più in là c’è un mucchio di riccioli biondi |
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parallel texts: words reflected 