Able Muse - giovanni pascoli https://www.ablemuse.com/taxonomy/term/223/223? en October Evening https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/giovanni-pascoli/october-evening? <p>&nbsp;</p> <em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Sera d&rsquo;ottobre&rdquo; </em></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(from <em>Myricae,</em> 1892)</p> <p>Along the roadside look what the hedgerow yields:<br> laughing groups of . . . <br /> . . . . . . . . . .</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/giovanni-pascoli/october-evening?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/giovanni-pascoli/october-evening?#comments Poetry Translation giovanni pascoli italian myricae n.s. thompson october evening poem poetry translation sera d’ottobre sonnet translation v17 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 03:00:49 +0000 Alex Pepple 1170 at https://www.ablemuse.com November https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/giovanni-pascoli/november? <p>&nbsp;</p> <em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Novembre&rdquo;</em></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(from <em>Myricae,</em> 1892)</p> <p>The air is crystal clear, the sun so bright<br> that you look out for . . . <br /> . . . . . . . . . .</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/giovanni-pascoli/november?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/giovanni-pascoli/november?#comments Poetry Translation giovanni pascoli italian myricae n.s. thompson november novembre poem poetry translation sonnet translation v17 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 02:47:24 +0000 Alex Pepple 1169 at https://www.ablemuse.com Giovanni Pascoli https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/giovanni-pascoli? <p>Giovanni Pascoli (1855 – 1912), the son of an estate manager, grew up in an idyllic rural setting that was very soon to change. He lost his parents and other members of his family early on in tragic circumstances. Nevertheless, thanks to some financial help, he was able to continue his studies and gain a degree in classics, teaching first in high schools, later in universities. Eventually, in 1906, he was appointed to the chair of Italian Literature at Bologna University recently vacated by his friend and mentor, Giosuè Carducci.<p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/giovanni-pascoli?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/giovanni-pascoli?#comments Bios author bio giovanni pascoli italian n.s. thompson poem poems poetry poetry translation translation v17 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 02:29:57 +0000 Alex Pepple 1168 at https://www.ablemuse.com N.S. Thompson https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/n-s-thompson? <p>N.S. Thompson lives outside Oxford, UK.<p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/n-s-thompson?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/n-s-thompson?#comments Bios author bio giovanni pascoli italian n.s. thompson poem poetry poetry translation translation v17 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 02:04:35 +0000 Alex Pepple 1167 at https://www.ablemuse.com The Fallen Oak https://www.ablemuse.com/v6/poetry-translation/geoffrey-brock/pascoli-fallen-oak? <p>Where its shade was, the oak itself now sprawls,<br /> lifeless, no longer vying with the wind.<br /> The people say: <em>I see now&mdash;it was tall!</em></p> <p>The little nests of springtime now depend<br /> from limbs that used to rise to a safer height.<br /> People say: <em>I see now&mdash;it was a friend!</em></p> <p>Everyone praises, everyone cuts. Twilight <br /> comes and they haul their heavy loads away.<br /> Then, on the air, a cry&mdash;a blackcap in flight,</p> <p>seeking a nest it will not find today.</p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v6/poetry-translation/geoffrey-brock/pascoli-fallen-oak?#comments Poetry Translation geoffrey brock giovanni pascoli italian la quercia caduta poems the fallen oak translation v6 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:05:15 +0000 Administrator 161 at https://www.ablemuse.com November https://www.ablemuse.com/v6/poetry-translation/geoffrey-brock/pascoli-november? <p>Gemlike the air, the sun so bright above<br /> you look for blossoms on the apricot trees,<br /> recall the bitter whitethorn scent you love<br /> and sniff the breeze.</p> <p>But the whitethorn&rsquo;s withered, the brittle boughs<br /> hatch their black schemes against the empty blue,<br /> and the earth rings hollow now beneath the blows<br /> of every shoe.</p> <p>Around you, silence, but for sighs that spill <br /> in upon every gust, from grove and wood:<br /> frail settlements of leaves. This is the chill<br /> summer of the dead.</p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v6/poetry-translation/geoffrey-brock/pascoli-november?#comments Poetry Translation geoffrey brock giovanni pascoli italian november novembre poems translation v6 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:46:49 +0000 Administrator 160 at https://www.ablemuse.com