by
Ferdinando Busoni (1834 - 1909)
Il fiore del pensiero
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Brillava in sulla sera
Un fiorellin d’estate
Che visto in sul mattin dicea: sperate!
Fresco, olezzante egli era
Da mane a sera.
Pria di morir mi disse:
Ricordati di me!
Quel fiorellino amato
Con amoroso accento
Mi ripetea più volte il suo lamento.
Bello e gentile egli era
Di primavera.
Pria di morir mi disse:
Ricordati di me!
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The Flower of Thought
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
There shone one evening
a little summer flower,
which, seen in the morning, said: “Hope!”
It was fresh and fragrant
from morn to evening.
Before dying it said:
“Remember me!”
That dear flower,
with loving accents,
repeated to me again and again its lament.
It was fair and delicate,
like springtime.
And before dying it said:
“Remember me!”
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Word count: 59