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Two poems from the Italian of
UMBERTO SABA
Ulysses
Mid-afternoon
in Wintertime
ULYSSES
There
was a time in youth I navigated
down
the Dalmatian coast. The rugged islets
would
rear from the sea’s surface ...
Umberto Saba (Translated
by Alan Marshfield)
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(For full translation
see the Kindle ebook The Translations of Alan Marshfield)
MID-AFTERNOON
IN WINTERTIME
That
time in time I still had happiness
(may
God forgive a word so great and dreadful),
who
was it that reduced my puny joy
almost
to tears? ...
Umberto Saba (Translated
by Alan Marshfield)
(back)
(For full translation
see the Kindle ebook The Translations of Alan Marshfield) top
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