"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!) and on Kobo.
Far Away Fair
A tiny infinite church bells' peal
buzz
and resound, as from a Fair
very
far away, behind an oblivious veil.
There,
when the bells chime like a wave,
in
the street the elder men lay their
white
head bare, and on the ground their gaze fixate.
Yet the small kids open their round eyes wide,
all
around their serene sky is trembling high.
They
shout as the firecrackers go wild.
At
their beloved breast mother holds them tight.
Festa
Lontana
Un
piccolo infinito scampanìo
ne
ronza e vibra, come d’una festa
assai
lontana, dietro un vel d’oblìo.
Là,
quando ondando vanno le campane,
scoprono
i vecchi per la via la testa
bianca,
e lo sguardo al suol fisso rimane.
Ma
tondi gli occhi sgranano i bimbetti,
cui
trema intorno il loro ciel sereno.
Strillano
al crepitar de’ mortaretti.
Mamma
li stringe all’odorato seno.
"Festa Lontana" by Giovanni Pascoli, from the collection "Myricae" (1891)
