"Christmas" (Natale) by Giuseppe Ungaretti (1916,) English Translation, "Christmas" (Natale) from the collection “L'allegria di naufragi,” (1919.)

The most comprehensive English translation of the work of Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888 – 1970,) the leading representative of the experimental literary movement called Hermeticism, or Hermeticpoetry. This edition includes poems from all of his major collections: "Porto Sepolto (1916,) “L'allegria di naufragi” (1919,)"L'allegria" (1931,) “Sentimento del tempo” (1933,) and "Il dolore," (1947.)

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Christmas

I do not feel like

diving

into a tangle

of streets

I carry much

tiredness

upon my shoulders

Leave me like that

as a

thing

placed

in a

corner

and forgotten

Here

nothing is felt

but

the good warmth

I stay

with the four

somersaults of smoke

of the fireplace.

Natale

Non ho voglia
di tuffarmi
in un gomitolo
di strade

Ho tanta
stanchezza
sulle spalle

Lasciatemi così
come una
cosa
posata
in un
angolo
e dimenticata

Qui
non si sente
altro
che il caldo buono

Sto
con le quattro
capriole di fumo
del focolare

Napoli, 26^th December 1916,  from the collection “L'allegria di naufragi,” 1919.