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Paolo Ruffilli

  • VIAGGIO | Translations: deenfrespt
  • TUNNEL | Translations: deenfrespt
  • NELL'ATTO DI PARTIRE | Translations: deenfrespt
  • DA NESSUNA PARTE | Translations: deenfrespt
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Language: italian
german (BEIM AUFBRUCH) , english (WHENEVER I GO) , french (DANS L’ACTE DE PARTIR) , spanish (EN EL MOMENTO DE PARTIR) , portuguese (NO ACTO DE PARTIR)

NELL'ATTO DI PARTIRE

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Sarà che l'ho sentita
ogni volta uguale
e non è stata mai
una cosa astratta
ma proprio segnata
sulla pelle, fatta
azione materiale
che assale e
che cancella,
un'incisione dolorosa
una particella tolta
e consumata tutta
una limatura
in puncti loco
un accorciamento minimale.
Dipenderà, sia pure,
dalla mia natura...
però lo sperimento
nell'atto di partire
che tanto o poco
è già un morire.

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Translations:

Language: german

BEIM AUFBRUCH

Ich habe es wohl jedesmal
aufs neue empfunden
und nie war es abstrakt
sondern ging unter die Haut, wurde
physisches Geschehen,
das hereinbricht und
vertilgt,
ein schmerzhafter Schnitt
ein abgetrenntes
aufgezehrtes Teilchen
ein punktgenauer Schwund
eine winzige Verkürzung.
Mag sein, es liegt
in meiner Natur…
doch was ich
beim Aufbruch empfinde
ist, gering oder heftig,
ein kleiner Tod.

Aus dem Italienischen von Verena von Koskull
Language: english

WHENEVER I GO

Then, at last
I get moving
notwithstanding
the urge to stay
as closely as I can
in sight of what I know.
But against that, I leave
only to return.
Nor do I know
what is so true
and convincing
about this thought…
a strong intuition
a sixth sense
driving me,
the sudden realisation
of a paradoxical
discovery,
that truly to find yourself
you must first
lose yourself.

Translated by Boris Peters
Language: french

DANS L’ACTE DE PARTIR

Sans doute l’ai-je sentie
chaque fois pareille
et jamais elle n’a été
une chose abstraite
mais vraiment inscrite
dans la peau, faite
action matérielle
qui assaille et
qui annule,
une incision douloureuse
une particule enlevée
et toute consumée
de la limaille
in puncti loco.
un raccourcissement minimal.
Cela dépendra, s’il en est,
de ma nature…
toutefois j’expérimente cela
dans l’acte de partir
qui un tant soit peu
est déjà mourir.

Traduit par Francis Catalano et Antonella D’Agostino
Language: spanish

EN EL MOMENTO DE PARTIR

Será que lo he sentido
cada vez igual
y no ha sido nunca
una cosa abstracta
sino realmente marcada
en la piel, hecha
acción material
que asalta y
se cancela,
una incisión dolorosa,
una partícula eliminada
y toda consumida,
una limadura,
en punto localizado,
un mínimo acortamiento.
Dependerá tal vez
de mi naturaleza...
Pero lo experimento
en el acto de partir
que más o menos
es  ya un morir. 

Traducción al español: José Luis Reina Palazón
Language: portuguese

NO ACTO DE PARTIR

Talvez por tê-la sentido
sempre igual
e por não ter sido nunca
uma coisa abstracta
mas antes marcada
na pele, tornada
acção material
que te agride e
que apaga,
uma incisão dolorosa
uma partícula retirada
e consumida toda
uma limadura
in puncti loco
um encurtamento mínimo.
É possível que dependa
da minha natureza...
mas experimento-o
no acto de partir
que muito ou pouco
é já um morrer.

Trad. português: Maria José De Lancastre
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Paolo Ruffilli

* 04.07.1949, Rieti (Lazio), Italy
lives in: Treviso (Veneto), Italy

Paolo Ruffilli was born in 1949.

Attended the University of Bologna, where he studied modern literature. After a period of teaching, he became editor with the publisher Garzanti in Milan, and is presently the general editor of the Edizioni del Leone in Venice.

Beginning in 1972, he has published nine volumes of poetry. The more recent: Piccola colazione

(1987, American Poetry Prize), Diario di Normandia (1990, Montale Prize), Camera oscura (1992),

Nuvole (1995), La gioia e il lutto (2001, Prix Européen, in english translation Joy and Mourning,

Dedalus Press 2004). He published also the novel Preparativi per la partenza (2003), essays, novels and translations

from english.

Publications
  • La quercia delle gazze

    Forli: Forum, 1972

  • Quattro quarti di luna

    Forli: Forum, 1974

  • Notizie dalle Esperidi

    Forli: Forum, 1976

  • Piccola colazione

    Milano: Garzanti, 1987

  • Diario di Normandia

    Montebelluna: Amadeus, 1990

  • Camera oscura

    Milano: Garzanti, 1992

  • Nuvole

    Ponzano: Vianello Libri, 1995

  • La gioia e il lutto

    Venezia: Marsilio, 2001

Prizes
  • 1987 American Poetry Prize

  • 1990 Premio Montale

  • 2001 Prix Européen

Links
  • Paolo Ruffilli

    Homepage

    Website (1)
  • Paolo Ruffilli @ Poetry International Web

    Poetry International Web presents poems of Paolo Ruffilli in original and english translations and further information about the poet.

    Website (en)

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