"Whoever is devoid of the capacity to wonder, whoever remains unmoved, whoever cannot contemplate or know the deep shudder of the soul in enchantment, might just as well be dead for he has already closed his eyes upon life.” Albert Einstein L'indifferenza è l'ottavo vizio capitale. Don Andrea GalloIndifference is the eighth capital sin.…Read more On indifference: #lestweforget #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay2021
Poetry
Joyce Lussu: C’è un paio di scarpette Rosse/ There is a pair of red shoes
"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…Read more Joyce Lussu: C’è un paio di scarpette Rosse/ There is a pair of red shoes
Salvatore Quasimodo: 19 gennaio 1944/ January 19, 1944
#nomorewar #lestweforget #peace 19 gennaio 1944 Salvatore Quasimodo Ti leggo dolci versi d'un antico, e le parole nate fra le vigne, le tende, in riva ai fiumi delle terre dell'est, come ora ricadono lugubri e desolate in questa profondissima notte di guerra, in cui nessuno corre il cielo degli angeli di morte, e…Read more Salvatore Quasimodo: 19 gennaio 1944/ January 19, 1944
Gianni Rodari: Il pane/ The loaf
I first published the translation of "Il pane" by #GianniRodari on December 18, 2017, here. Three years later, I have translated it slightly differently: there is no end to the possible combinations, or solutions, when we are playing with rhyme (yes, playing, because rhyme is a game for "children" of all ages). So here it…Read more Gianni Rodari: Il pane/ The loaf
parallel texts: words reflected 