“As he was coming to see me, an elderly lady gave him a sprig of blue hyacinth, and with this he came to knock at my door. When I opened, he entered, and without speaking, waving that blue-green flower softly as if he were beating time to some rhythmic thought, he went to sit at…Read more Giosuè Carducci: Ad Annie / For Annie
Poetry
Virgilia D’Andrea: Anima rossa / Red soul
“I had one of those precocious, agitated, stormy adolescences that are full of dreams and illusions that become tears and songs at the merest sound, that speak in the voices of the dark and in fantastic moonlit nights, that give life and eyes to all dead things, that hear words and whispers rise from every…Read more Virgilia D’Andrea: Anima rossa / Red soul
Pino Daniele: Voglio di più / I want more
"We wanted so badly for things to change, and music helped us so much." - Pino Daniele You can listen to Pino Daniele's splendid voice at the link found below. Voglio di piùPino DanieleIo che ho visto la terra bruciareE la gente che mi entrava in casaIo che ho visto tutto oggi sono veroIo che…Read more Pino Daniele: Voglio di più / I want more
Giacomo Leopardi: La quiete dopo la tempesta /The calm after the storm
LA QUIETE DOPO LA TEMPESTA Giacomo LeopardiPassata è la tempesta:Odo augelli far festa, e la gallina,Tornata in su la via,Che ripete il suo verso. Ecco il serenoRompe là da ponente, alla montagna;Sgombrasi la campagna,E chiaro nella valle il fiume appare.Ogni cor si rallegra, in ogni latoRisorge il romorioTorna il lavoro usato.L’artigiano a mirar l’umido…Read more Giacomo Leopardi: La quiete dopo la tempesta /The calm after the storm
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