Thursday 14 August 2008

Girasole


Sunflowers
Found in the fields of Kittsee
Burgenland
60 km east of Vienna


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"Portami il girasole ch'io lo trapianti
nel mio terreno bruciato dal salino
e mostri tutto il giorno agli azzurri specchianti
del cielo l'ansieta' del suo volto giallino
"

"Bring me the sunflower to plant in my garden here
Where the salt of the flung spray has parched a place
And all day to the long and mirroring air
Let it turn the ardor of its yellow face"

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Poem by Eugenio Montale
(Eugenio Montale, "Selected Poems"
Published by New Directions Publishing
, 1965
ISBN 0811201198, 9780811201193)

11 comments:

  1. Click on the image if you would like to read the whole poem, in both Italian and English, or any other you wish to read. Enjoy! :-)

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  2. Thanks; I'm unfamiliar with Montale.

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  3. tut-tut,
    you are welcome! :-)
    Check out the link, so many beautiful poems to explore.

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  4. This poet is new to me! I love this piece!! I must read more Montale!

    These fresh bright sunflowers thrill my soul. :)

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  5. I love the summer feel you captured in the sunflowers. Lovely and so is the poem. Have a great day Merisi.

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  6. willow,
    yes, Montale is special! :-)
    I think most of his poems have been translated into English.

    Photowannabe,
    high noon on a hot summer day,
    in a field of sunflowers,
    that is truly summer, I agree! ;-)

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  7. I have some dwarf sunflowers in the garden that I have grown this year. They are much more manageable than the big ones!

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  8. Beautiful!! Thanks for making me smile today :)

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  9. M.de Llama,,
    I read somewhere that nowadays farmers are planting seeds that produce flowers with more drooping heads, less attractive to birds and gardeners alike. :-(

    anonymous,
    you are welcome! :-)

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  10. We should be growing sunfllowers in our back yard. We've certainly put out enough seed. surely the birds missed some.

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  11. What amazingly beautiful sunflowers! I always think of Italy and the miles of sunflowers whooshing by in the countryside as I traveled their roads.

    Beautiful poem!

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