Friday, August 05, 2005

An Italian Poem

This is a poem that my English teacher sent me, after many Italian dream talks.

WEIGHTLESS

For a god who laughs like a child,
So many cries of sparrows,
So many dances in the boughs,

A soul makes itself weightless,
The meadows take on such softeness,
Such tenderness rekindles in the eyes,

Hands like leaves
Are spellbound in the air...

Who fears anymore,
who judges?

-Guiseppe Ungaretti, 1934

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