Poem
Valerio Magrelli
Labor Pains
Presence and absence.Geological mutation.
Me yielding under his weight.
Subsidence
and my slow sinking.
But in truth I don\'t yield
under the weight, for I am atop him
and descend, from up down, Toboggan,
and his weight is a pull
from below, taking form by enticing me
under, sand from sand,
so that I might appear upside-down like
my own filiation
at the opposite end
of this genetic hourglass.
© Translation: 2000, Valerio Magrelli
From: The Contagion of Matter
Publisher: Holmes & Meier Publishers, , 2000
From: The Contagion of Matter
Publisher: Holmes & Meier Publishers, , 2000
Il partoriente
Il partoriente
Presenza e assenza.Mutazione geologica.
Io che cedo sotto il suo peso.
Subsidenza,
e il mio lento sprofondare.
Ma in verità non cedo
sotto un peso, poiché gli sono sopra,
scendo, sto sopra e scendo, Toboga,
e il suo peso è un tirare
dal basso, un prendere forma attirandomi
giù, sabbia da sabbia,
perch\'io riappaia capovolto come
filiale di me stessa
al capo opposto
di questa clessidra genetica.
© 1992, Valerio Magrelli
From: Esercizi di tiptologia
Publisher: Mondadori,
From: Esercizi di tiptologia
Publisher: Mondadori,
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Labor Pains
Presence and absence.Geological mutation.
Me yielding under his weight.
Subsidence
and my slow sinking.
But in truth I don\'t yield
under the weight, for I am atop him
and descend, from up down, Toboggan,
and his weight is a pull
from below, taking form by enticing me
under, sand from sand,
so that I might appear upside-down like
my own filiation
at the opposite end
of this genetic hourglass.
© 2000, Valerio Magrelli
From: The Contagion of Matter
Publisher: 2000, Holmes & Meier Publishers,
From: The Contagion of Matter
Publisher: 2000, Holmes & Meier Publishers,
Labor Pains
Presence and absence.Geological mutation.
Me yielding under his weight.
Subsidence
and my slow sinking.
But in truth I don\'t yield
under the weight, for I am atop him
and descend, from up down, Toboggan,
and his weight is a pull
from below, taking form by enticing me
under, sand from sand,
so that I might appear upside-down like
my own filiation
at the opposite end
of this genetic hourglass.
© 2000, Valerio Magrelli
From: The Contagion of Matter
Publisher: 2000, Holmes & Meier Publishers,
From: The Contagion of Matter
Publisher: 2000, Holmes & Meier Publishers,
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