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Paolo Ruffilli

VITA

  • 1 VIAGGIO | Translations: deenfrespt
  • 2 TUNNEL | Translations: deenfrespt
  • 3 NELL'ATTO DI PARTIRE | Translations: deenfrespt
  • 4 DA NESSUNA PARTE | Translations: deenfrespt
  • 5 AMORE | Translations: deenfrespt
  • 6 DESIDERIO | Translations: deenfrespt
  • 7 DESTINO | Translations: deenfrespt
  • 8 SULLA TUA GOLA | Translations: deenfrespt
  • 9 PER VIA DI NASO | Translations: deenfresespt
  • 10 VITA | Translations: deenfrespt
Language: italian
Translations: german (LEBEN), english (LIFE), french (VIE), spanish (VITA), portuguese (VIDA)
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VITA

L'accendersi e
lo spegnersi
(per caso?) della vita
la traccia luminosa
la scia che lascia
dietro a sé
quello che è stato
amato o non amato
comunque sconosciuto
la gioia e il lutto:
precipitato, tutto,
nel cieco vaso
tra le braccia del buio.
L'orma appassita
eppure, intanto,
rifiorita
di ogni cosa.
L'ombra e l'odore
neppure più il colore
il pensiero pensato
della rosa.

Categories: life & relationship, death & grief, loss & separation

Translations:

Language: german

LEBEN

Das Auflodern
und (zufällige?) Erlöschen
des Lebens
die leuchtende Spur
die Fährte
die es hinterläßt
das, was
geliebt und ungeliebt
und letztlich unbekannt geblieben ist,
Trauer und Glück:
alles ist Stück für Stück
in den blinden Trichter
der Finsternis in die Arme gestürzt.
Der welke
und dennoch neu erblühte Tritt
aller Dinge.
Der Schatten und der Duft
nicht einmal mehr die Farbe
der gedachte Gedanke
der Rose.

Aus dem Italienischen von Verena von Koskull
Language: english

LIFE

How life
begins and ends
(perhaps by chance?)
the luminous track
the wake that leaves
behind all
that was loved
or unloved
or at least unknown
joy or strife:
all is cast into
the blind vase
in the arms of darkness.
And yet meanwhile
the faded trace
of all things
flourishes anew.
The shadow and the smell
lees than the colour
the evocation
of the rose.

Translated by Boris Peters
Language: french

VIE

La vie qui s’allume
et s’éteint
(par hasard?)
la trace lumineuse
la traînée qu’elle laisse
derrière elle
ce qui a été
aimé et point aimé
pourtant inconnu
la joie et le deuil:
précipité, tout,
dans le vase aveugle
entre les bras de l’obscurité.
La trace fanée
et pourtant, en attendant,
refleurie
de chaque chose.
L’ombre et l’odeur
pas même plus la couleur
la pensée pensée
de la rose.

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

VITA

Encenderse y
apagarse
(¿casual?) de la vida
la traza luminosa
la estela que deja
tras de sí
lo que ha sido
amado y no amado
pero desconocido
la alegría y el luto:
precipitado, todo,
en el ciego vaso
entre los brazos de la oscuridad.
La huella marchita
y sin embargo entre tanto
reverdecida
de cada cosa.
La sombra y el olor
ni siquiera ya el color
el pensamiento pensado
de la rosa.

Traducción al español: José Luis Reina Palazón
Language: portuguese

VIDA

O acender-se e
o apagar-se
(por acaso?) da vida
o traço luminoso
o rasto que deixa
atrás de si
o que foi
amado ou não amado
contudo desconhecido
a alegria e o luto:
tudo derramado
no vaso cego
entre os braços do escuro.
A marca esbatida
porém reflorescida
de cada coisa.
A sombra e o odor
já nem sequer a cor
o pensamento pensado
da rosa.

Trad. português: Manuel Simões e Maria do Rosario Pedreira
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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

Awards
  • 1987 American Poetry Prize

  • 1990 Premio Montale

  • 2001 Prix Européen

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

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