by
Antonio Salvi (1664 - 1724)
Cadrò, ma qual si mira
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG GER
Cadrò, ma qual si mira
Parte cader dal monte
Della sassosa fronte
Che quant'a lei s'oppone
Urta, fracassa e seco
Precipitando va.
E se non resta oppresso
Dalla fatal ruina,
Sente da lunge anch'esso
Attonito 'l pastore
Lo strepito del colpo
Ch'impallidir lo fa.
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- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2010-01-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 44
I shall fall, just as one sees
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
I shall fall, just as one sees
a boulder fall
off the mountain's face,
knocking down and shattering
anything in its path
and sweep it away into the precipice.
And if he is not battered to death
by that fatal falling rock,
the shepherd, stricken with fear,
also hears from afar
the rumbling rockfall,
making him blanch with fear.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-12-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 59