{"id":13448,"date":"2017-02-13T15:35:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T14:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=13448"},"modified":"2017-02-13T15:35:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T14:35:51","slug":"ah-lamore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/ah-lamore\/","title":{"rendered":"Ah, l&#8217;Amore!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>San Valentino, protettore degli innamorati <\/strong>&#8230; tomorrow is his special day. It&#8217;s also that one day a year when we are officially expected to be all soppy and romantic &#8230; yuk! <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So many ways to celebrate that special day with your beloved: <strong>Cioccolatini a forma di cuore, un mazzo di rose rosse, bigliettini pieni di frasi sdolcinate, una serenata d&#8217;amore cantata sotto la finestra a mezzanotte, una cena romantica al lume di candela con il tuo cane &#8230; <em>cosa diavolo &#8230;?<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong>(Heart shaped chocolates, a bunch of red roses, cards full of soppy phrases, a love serenade beneath the window at midnight, a romantic candlelit dinner with your dog &#8230;<em> what the &#8230;?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lady &amp; the Tramp - The Kiss Scene\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9gwZC5s2IU0?start=177&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">I love poetry, but am unable to write it, at least not in any way that satisfies me. So although I&#8217;d like to have written you all <strong>una poesia d&#8217;amore<\/strong> I&#8217;ve cheated instead, and looked through my many poetry books for something suitable.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">But here&#8217;s the strange thing: why do the majority of romantic poems have to simper on about lost love, the poet&#8217;s dying\/dead lover, or the love story that never actually was. Naturally, it&#8217;s far easier to idealise someone with whom you never have to share the toilet, who doesn&#8217;t leave their dirty underwear lying on the floor next to the bed for days, or put things back in the fridge in the WRONG DAMN PLACE!!!<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">So &#8230; after much searching, I finally chose something by the great Italian poetess <strong>Alda Merini<\/strong>. Through her poetry, Merini exorcises her inner torment and longing for love with such delicate sensitivity. Her poems are like dreams in which anything is possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Gabriola,fantasy;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">&#8216;Amore, vola da me&#8217; di Alda Merini<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Gabriola,fantasy;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Amore, vola da me<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> con l&#8217;aeroplano di carta<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> della mia fantasia,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> con l&#8217;ingegno del tuo sentimento.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Vedrai fiorire terre piene di magia<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> e io sar\u00f2 la chioma d&#8217;albero pi\u00f9 alta<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> per darti frescura e riparo.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Fa&#8217; delle due braccia<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> due ali d&#8217;angelo<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> e porta anche a me un po&#8217; di pace<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> e il giocattolo del sogno.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Ma prima di dirmi qualcosa<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> guarda il genio in fiore<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> del mio cuore.<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Gabriola,fantasy;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">&#8216;Love, fly to me&#8217; by Alda Merini<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Gabriola,fantasy;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Love, fly to me<br \/>\nwith the paper plane<br \/>\nof my fantasy,<br \/>\nwith the ingenuity of your feeling.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll see blossoming lands full of magic<br \/>\nand I&#8217;ll be the canopy of the highest tree<br \/>\nto give you cool and shelter.<br \/>\nMake with your arms<br \/>\ntwo angel&#8217;s wings<br \/>\nand bring to me a little peace as well<br \/>\nand the toy of\u00a0 dreams.<br \/>\nBut before you say anything to me<br \/>\nlook at the flowering genius<br \/>\nof my heart.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">My other blogs about Alda Merini:<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/omaggio-ad-alda-merini-poetessa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Omaggio ad Alda Merini, poetessa<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/an-italian-poetess\/\" target=\"_blank\">An Italian Poetess<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Valentino, protettore degli innamorati &#8230; tomorrow is his special day. It&#8217;s also that one day a year when we are officially expected to be all soppy and romantic &#8230; yuk! 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