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TV 2006 

 

10 casualties among the Shiites 

20 casualties among the Sunni.

Some sorrowful sentences 

here and there on our globe 

among noises of forks. 

   

Kamikazes in Israel 

tanks in Palestine 

some anxious faces  

here and there on our globe 

among refrains of mobile phones. 

   

Refugees without bread 

shipwrecked stowaways

some distressed sentences 

here and there on our globe 

among the ads of washing powders. 

   

Then, a cry 

 that makes the Earth tremble. 

In unison,  

from Vladivostock to Santiago; 

 6 billion people,  

together,  

with a universal cry  

with a peak of emotion! 

 

Yes, 

the penalty of the World Championship  

has been awarded! 

 

Amazed 

the Earth  

spins 

veiled with sorrow.

 

TV 2006

 

10 morti fra gli sciti

20 morti fra i sunniti.

Qualche frase addolorata

qua e là nel nostro globo

tra i rumori di forchette.

 

Kamikaze in Israele

carri armati in Palestina

qualche faccia un po’allarmata

qua e là nel nostro globo

fra  refrain di cellulari.

 

Rifugiati  senza pane

clandestini naufragati

qualche frase addolorata

qua e là nel nostro globo

fra gli spot dei detersivi.

 

Poi, un urlo,

 che  la terra fa tremare.

All’unisono,

da Vladivostock a Santiago;

 6 miliardi di persone,

tutte insieme,

con un grido universale

con un picco di emozione!

 

Sì,

 s’è deciso

il rigore del Mondiale!

 

Stupefatta

 la Terra

 ruota

velata di dolore.

 

Driving fast 

 

Driving fast along a long grey road 

following the white outline of the asphalt, 

driving  fast

notch after notch. 

 

Driving fast, in line, faster and faster 

within parallel straight lines

 leading to infinity, 

driving fast, staring     

notch after notch. 

 

Driving fast

towards the dark cloud on the horizon 

where cars disappear, 

driving fast swallowing  

notch after notch. 

 

Driving fast,

all together, in rumbling boxes, 

confined in secret loneliness, 

driving fast consuming 

notch after notch. 

 

Driving fast towards unattainable cities,   

driving fast towards pointless destinations, 

driving fast polluting  

notch after notch. 

 

Driving fast, following the outline of time, 

driving fast in the direction of destiny. 

 

Driving fast, fast…fast! 

 

Up to the taking-off without weight 

inside an unknown fog 

without limits, 

without notches, 

without directions. 

Correre

 

Correre lungo una lunga strada grigia

seguendo il bianco tratteggio dell’asfalto,

correre guidando

tacca dopo tacca.

 

Correre,  in fila, sempre più veloci

entro rette parallele che vanno all’infinito,

correre fissando 

tacca dopo tacca.

 

Correre verso la  nube scura all’orizzonte

dove spariscono le auto,

correre ingoiando

tacca dopo tacca.

 

Correre, tutti insieme, in scatole rombanti,

rinchiusi in solitudini segrete,

correre consumando

tacca dopo tacca.

 

 

Correre verso irraggiungibili città, 

correre verso inutili mete,

correre  inquinando

tacca dopo tacca.

 

Correre, seguendo il tratteggio del tempo,

correre nella direzione del destino.

 

 

 

Correre,  correre…correre!

 

 

Fino al decollo senza peso

dentro una  nebbia sconosciuta

senza limiti,

senza tacche,

senza direzioni.

 

The Great Wind day will come

 

The Great Wind will come    

and will blow, furious,

 in the parched valleys,

and will descend, whirling,

 in the mosques and  houses   

and  will grind, deeply,

with sharp grains of sand,

 the long beards and the stern eyes.

 

The Great Wind will come   

and  will tear up,

twirling with anger,

the cloth lattice masks 

and  will free, fast,

the servile  and hidden eyes

from the dark and ancient cage.

 

 The Great Wind will come    

and will pull off

 the sad linen of black veils,

hissing crazy cries,

and will suck them

in   dark clouds of complaints.   

 

The Great Wind will come    

and will race in the skies, madly,

those deadly clouds,

darkening the arid deserts,

up to the mighty vortex of light

that swallows and remove

  the dark monsters of the minds.

 

Then, as an only lightning,   

millions  of  subdued and bent slaves eyes,

 will be raised to fix,  the stares

 of theirs archaic  and grim jailers.    

 

The Gentle Wind will come   

and  will flitter playfully again

among loose hair   

as  with the free girls once did,

in days gone by.  

 

The day of the liberty will come,   

and will lift the humiliated eyes,   

the day of the light will come   

and will disperse the dark thoughts.

 

 
 

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