by Mina Ferraguti
Translation by John Tartaglia

Nel grande letto la notte
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Nel grande letto la notte
Ti tengo stretta la mano;
Sotto le palpebre chiuse 
passa un ricordo di luce:
Andavamo un po' trasognati 
in mezzo ad un campo di grano 
e tu mi tenevi la mano.
Ma mi lasciasti ad un tratto 
per cogliere un ramo fiorito 
apparso al di sopra di un muro.

Nel grande letto la notte
Ti tengo stretta la mano, 
si, stretta; che tu all' improvviso 
non vada oltre il muro 
ove tutto è mistero, 
lasciandomi sola nel buio
con un ricordo di luce 
sotto le palpebre chiuse.

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When we will be reborn
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano) 
When we will be reborn, 
we will be a single plant, 
we will be a single flower 
and we will have forgotten 
that we were two.

When we are reborn,
we will be a wave in the sea, 
a cloud in the sky,
we will be in the thunder, in the lightning, 
in the sound of a flute; 
and we will have forgotten 
that we were two.

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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-10
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Word count: 67