mercoledì 24 marzo 2021

I don’t even know

 

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I don’t even know, if I’ll have the time 
to learn from my soul, to understand my mind 
I don’t even know, if I’ll have the life 
enough to beget, joy out from the cries 
And I beg my God to be the rain on barren lands 
but I fool among all the false malleable hands 
 
I see around me, people have become 
someone different than who were before 
between the hammer and the anvil I 
ask to myself what I have to try 
if I have to accept the changes as a normal thing 
or if I've to ebb the invite to become someone else 
 
I'd be the fortress my fortress lifeline 
As this old house still standing in time 
My ancient tribes live here they wash away my fear 
 
This is a fortress my fortress to rise 
not only the walls but also inside 
I cannot rumbling I'm almost bursting 
 
I forgot my name, along reckless days 
during which I found many tears and blames 
I have been glorious and then full of shame 
fast as a rocket and then slow as snails 
I believed I had once written over my white bones 
all the sacred meanings and the true sense of my hopes 
 
I'd be the fortress my fortress lifeline 
As this old house still standing in time 
My ancient tribes live here they wash away my fear 
 
This is a fortress my fortress to rise 
not only the walls but also inside 
I cannot rumbling I'm almost bursting

venerdì 19 marzo 2021

Saighdiúirí *

 

Soldati bianchi di bellezza 
gl'alberi fioriti nella valle 
in mezzo al bosco ancora 
messo a nudo dall'inverno: 
sorreggono lo scudo argenteo 
di un cielo metafisico 
e le lunghe spade rossastre 
dei rovi aggrovigliati. 


* “Soldati” in gaelico irlandese

giovedì 18 marzo 2021

Tomorrow

 

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Everything goes 
everything goes 
and I’m a candle that tries to go on 

Everything goes 
while I still hope 
and little earthquakes hit my deepest thoughts    

Tomorrow I will be healthy 
tomorrow I will be strong 
tomorrow I will be happy or, may be not 
Tomorrow I will be a man 
tomorrow I will be a boy 
tomorrow I will be someone or, may be none   

Everything goes 
the place I loved 
I have to abandon somewhere else to go 
Everything goes 
people I loved 
are now the strangers I guess I don’t know 

Tomorrow I will be healthy 
tomorrow I will be strong 
tomorrow I will be happy or, may be not 
Tomorrow I will be a man 
tomorrow I will be a boy 
tomorrow I will be someone or, may be none

giovedì 25 febbraio 2021

Immagini in corsa

 

La luna nel cielo in pieno giorno 
l’arcobaleno chiuso del pavone 
i miei polpacci nudi in tensione 
il sole nei solchi del campo arato. 
 
Le immagini raccolte in corsa 
dalla vita che non vuole spegnersi.

lunedì 22 febbraio 2021

It will be the last springtime

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It is just 
A little taste of spring 
What I feel around me 
 
It is strange 
The winter is still here 
I’ve received a gift 
It’s like a promise to me 
 
I remember 
That always in the dark 
There’s a light growing up 
 
I have lost 
What I have fought for 
But I can gain something more 
 
It’s like an unwritten law 
 
I’m in this little garden 
It will be the last springtime 
I will live here 
Before leaving 
 
Ten years have passed by 
Since when for the first time 
I started to 
Live here for sure 
 
It will be 
Forever in my heart 
this old walnut tree 
 
And the joy 
I had the first time 
I saw this garden so tight 
 
When I said this could be my home 
 
I’m in this little garden 
It will be the last springtime 
I will live here 
Before leaving 
 
Ten years have passed by 
Since when for the first time 
I started to 
Live here for sure

martedì 16 febbraio 2021

Precarietà

 

In questo feroce turbine 
d'assoluta precarietà 
ho strappato i narcisi 
intenti a sbocciare 
per portarli altrove 
dove già la mia anima 
dimora in mia attesa. 

Non ci sarà primavera 
solo un lungo inverno 
a lambire l'estate.

lunedì 8 febbraio 2021

Felpato di notte

 

La pioggia ha un passo
felpato di notte
mi accorgo in ascolto
di non esser nulla
senza questa terra. 
 
E la mia anima gronda
di lacrime mai versate:
le lascio fluire intatte
nello scroscio potente
del fiume in lontananza.