"Il Passato" (The Past) by Giovanni Pascoli. English translation, with original Italian text. "Il Passato" (The Past) from the collection "Myricae" (1891-1900)

  

Giovanni Pascoli in 1882

The following translation of "Il Passato" (The Past) by Giovanni Pascoli is from the book "The Poems of Giovanni Pascoli: Translated in English, with Original Italian Text," published by LiteraryJoint Press (2017). Also available as Amazon ebook (Free on Kindle Unlimited!) 

The Past

I see again the places where once I wept:

now, a smile seems to me that weeping.

I see again the places where once I smiled...

Oh! how teary is that smile!

Il Passato

  

Rivedo i luoghi dove un giorno ho pianto:

un sorriso mi sembra ora quel pianto.

Rivedo i luoghi, dove ho già sorriso...

Oh! come lacrimoso quel sorriso!

From the collection “Myricae” (1891-1900)