Poem
Valerio Magrelli
Scivola la penna
The pen slidesdown the groin of the page,
while writing collects itself in silence.
This page has the geometry
of an African country,
where I map
out rows of parallel dunes.
Drawing
as I talk
what my tale prefigures.
As if a cloud
were to assume
the form of a cloud.
© Translation: 1991, Valerio Magrelli
From: Nearsights
Publisher: Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1991
From: Nearsights
Publisher: Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1991
Scivola la penna
Scivola la penna
verso l\'inguine della pagina,
ed in silenzio si raccoglie la scrittura.
Questo foglio ha i confini geometrici
di uno stato africano
in cui disegno
i filari paralleli delle dune.
ormai sto disegnando
mentre racconto ciò
che raccontando si profila.
E\' come se una nube
arrivasse ad avere
forma di nube.
verso l\'inguine della pagina,
ed in silenzio si raccoglie la scrittura.
Questo foglio ha i confini geometrici
di uno stato africano
in cui disegno
i filari paralleli delle dune.
ormai sto disegnando
mentre racconto ciò
che raccontando si profila.
E\' come se una nube
arrivasse ad avere
forma di nube.
© 1980, Valerio Magrelli
From: Ora serrata retinae
Publisher: Feltrinelli,
From: Ora serrata retinae
Publisher: Feltrinelli,
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Scivola la penna
The pen slidesdown the groin of the page,
while writing collects itself in silence.
This page has the geometry
of an African country,
where I map
out rows of parallel dunes.
Drawing
as I talk
what my tale prefigures.
As if a cloud
were to assume
the form of a cloud.
© 1991, Valerio Magrelli
From: Nearsights
Publisher: 1991, Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota
From: Nearsights
Publisher: 1991, Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Scivola la penna
The pen slidesdown the groin of the page,
while writing collects itself in silence.
This page has the geometry
of an African country,
where I map
out rows of parallel dunes.
Drawing
as I talk
what my tale prefigures.
As if a cloud
were to assume
the form of a cloud.
© 1991, Valerio Magrelli
From: Nearsights
Publisher: 1991, Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota
From: Nearsights
Publisher: 1991, Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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