by
Giacomo Leopardi (1798 - 1837)
Io qui vagando al limitare intorno
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Io qui vagando al limitare intorno,
Invan la pioggia invoco e la tempesta.
Acciò che la ritenga al mio soggiorno.
Pure il vento muggìa nella foresta,
E muggìa fra le nubi il tuono errante,
Pria che l'aurora in ciel fosse ridesta.
O care nubi, o cielo, o terra, o piante,
Parte la donna mia: pietà, se trova
Pietà nel mondo un infelice amante.
O turbine, or ti sveglia, or fate prova
Di sommergermi, o nembi, insino a tanto
Che il sole ad altre terre il dì rinnova.
S'apre il ciel, cade il soffio, in ogni canto
Posan l'erbe e le frondi, e m'abbarbaglia
Le luci il crude Sol pregne di pianto.
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Wandering around
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Wandering around the threshold here,
in vain do I invoke the rain and storm
that they might keep my lady captive,
for the wind had howled in the forest
and thunder roved bellowing through the clouds
before dawn rose in the sky.
O dear clouds! O sky! O earth! O trees,
my lady departs! Have mercy, if ever
a hapless lover finds mercy in the world.
Whirlwinds, now awaken, try
to submerge me, squalls, until
the sun renews the day in other lands.
The sky opens, the wind subsides, all around
the grass and leaves are motionless,
and my tear-filled eyes are blinded by the cruel Sun.
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Word count: 107