Poem
Silvia Bre
There are moments
There are momentsI try to stay within my norm
to adhere only to what I see
the strictly true, the newspaper, the hands
I try tenaciously to abstain.
But darkness comes and I go looking
for another
the maimed
the one who goes around showing himself
only briefly in some dance
the one who sings
(I barely know there is something around –
its fears
it seems I need to yield ground
all that I know
it seems it’s like that for everyone:
open your mouth slightly, first,
as the moment just before dying –
it’s this human tongue
that takes shape
and struggles against the sorrow it withholds).
There are moments
Sono momenti
provo a restare dentro alla mia norma
ad aderire solo a ciò che vedo
lo strettamente vero, il giornale, le mani
io tento fortemente di astenermi.
Ma cala un buio e vado in cerca
di un altro
il mutilato
quello che gira solo mostrandosi
per poco in qualche danza
quello che canta
(so a malapena che intorno c’è qualcosa –
sono paure
pare io debba cedere terreni
tutto ciò che conosco
pare sia cosí per tutti:
aprire un po’ la bocca, prima,
come appena prima di morire -
è questa lingua umana
che si forma
e lotta col dolore che trattiene).
provo a restare dentro alla mia norma
ad aderire solo a ciò che vedo
lo strettamente vero, il giornale, le mani
io tento fortemente di astenermi.
Ma cala un buio e vado in cerca
di un altro
il mutilato
quello che gira solo mostrandosi
per poco in qualche danza
quello che canta
(so a malapena che intorno c’è qualcosa –
sono paure
pare io debba cedere terreni
tutto ciò che conosco
pare sia cosí per tutti:
aprire un po’ la bocca, prima,
come appena prima di morire -
è questa lingua umana
che si forma
e lotta col dolore che trattiene).
From: La fine di quest\'arte
Publisher: Einaudi, Torino
Publisher: Einaudi, Torino
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There are moments
There are momentsI try to stay within my norm
to adhere only to what I see
the strictly true, the newspaper, the hands
I try tenaciously to abstain.
But darkness comes and I go looking
for another
the maimed
the one who goes around showing himself
only briefly in some dance
the one who sings
(I barely know there is something around –
its fears
it seems I need to yield ground
all that I know
it seems it’s like that for everyone:
open your mouth slightly, first,
as the moment just before dying –
it’s this human tongue
that takes shape
and struggles against the sorrow it withholds).
From: La fine di quest\'arte
There are moments
There are momentsI try to stay within my norm
to adhere only to what I see
the strictly true, the newspaper, the hands
I try tenaciously to abstain.
But darkness comes and I go looking
for another
the maimed
the one who goes around showing himself
only briefly in some dance
the one who sings
(I barely know there is something around –
its fears
it seems I need to yield ground
all that I know
it seems it’s like that for everyone:
open your mouth slightly, first,
as the moment just before dying –
it’s this human tongue
that takes shape
and struggles against the sorrow it withholds).
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