Thursday, June 25, 2009

from Canti XXXIII: The Setting of the Moon

"Now you, you hills and shores,
Although the gleam has gone that from the west
Silvered over the blackness of your night,
Now you will not much longer
Be reft of seeing: over in the east
The sky will turn to white
Quite soon and there will be another dawn;
And then, and following hard upon, the sun
Shooting out all around
Unconquerable flames
Will send those lucid streams
To flood through you and the celestial realms."
by Giacomo Leopardi
Trans. J.G. Nichols

Feeling the summer sun dominate me when I walk outdoors, I truly appreciate the weight of those "unconquerable flames."

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Fred said...

Hi Mark - have you read Leopardi?