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Il Pino Solitario Posted by on May 27, 2011 in Uncategorized

Recently we went to visit my cousin who lives in Santa Margherita Ligure, near Genova. As it was a nice day, we decided to go out for a walk after lunch. My cousin suggested we walked to Portofino, 6 km away along the beautiful Ligurian coast. On our way to Portofino we passed uno scoglio su cui cresceva un pino solitario (a rock in the sea with a solitary pine tree growing on it). The sight of this old, twisted, lonely pine reminded me of a poem written by Salvatore Quasimodo, and published in 1930 in Acque e terre (Waters and lands). You can find out more about Salvatore Quasimodo here https://blogs.transparent.com/italian/specchio-di-primavera/

 

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Rifugio d’uccelli notturni

In alto c’è un pino distorto;

sta intento ed ascolta l’abisso

col fusto piegato a balestra

Rifugio d’uccelli notturni,

nell’ora più alta risuona

d’un battere d’ali veloce.

Ha pure un suo nido il mio cuore

sospeso nel buio, una voce;

sta pure in ascolto, la notte.

Refuge of the Night Birds

High up, there is a twisted pine;

engrossed in listening to the abyss

its trunk bent like a cross-bow.

Refuge of the night birds,

in the depths of the night it echoes

with a fast beating of wings.

My heart also has its nest

suspended in the darkness, a voice;

to which it also listens, at night.

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Comments:

  1. Yvonne:

    That was quite lovely, thank you!

  2. Jeannet:

    Della fotografia si guarda senza di moti….
    io stessa; -grazie!

  3. Margaret:

    Molte grazie, Serena, for sharing that lovely poem with us.

  4. Vince:

    Salve Serena:

    We also have un pino solitario. It is in Monterey, California and it is so famous that it is involved with trademark disputes!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lone_Cypress.jpg

    P.S. Italian is just unfair to other poets. It starts off beautiful before the poet even begins.

    Vince

  5. Andreas:

    Salve Serena!
    Che poesia tanto bella!


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