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nanita
otata’s bookshelf
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nanita
Valentina Meloni
otata’s bookshelf 2017
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nanita copyright © 2017 Valentina Meloni
otata’s bookshelf isbn 978-1-387-26210-6
https://[email protected]
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nanita
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Il vento porterà via lontano queste foglie, le lascerà cadere vicino a te.Quando le prenderai nelle tue maniricorda di leggere le piccole poesiescritte tra le nervature. Io sono lì.
The wind will carry away these leaves, it will bring them close you.When you take them in your handsremember to read the little poemswritten between ribs.There I am.
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Soffice neve —I tuffi e le caprioledel piccolo orso
Soft snow —the dips and the flipsof a little bear
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~ 9 ~
Insegue il sognola canzone del vento —tlin tlin tlin tlin tlin
Dreams vanishin the song of the wind —tlin tlin tlin
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~ 10 ~
La luna indossaun mantello di nuvole —suona un violino
Full moonwearing a cloak of clouds —violin sounds
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Sboccia un fiore — elì sullo stesso ramoun altro muore
A flower blossoms —and there on the same branchanother dies
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La formichinaappesa a un pappo vola— via lontano
The little anthanging on a pappus — flies far away
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Per poco ancoraI fiori di ciliegio —li porta il vento
Still for a whilethese cherry blossoms on branch —the wind comes
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Il codibugnolo —due piume nel beccopoi mi lascia sola
Long-tailed tit —two stolen feathers in tiny beakthen flies away
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~ 15 ~
Della tua vita solo un giorno farfalla — un giorno solo
Just one dayof your life, butterfly — one day only
[Cf. Issa — How much love butterflies show each other. May I be reborn a butterfly!]
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Shhh, ecco ascoltala canzone del vento — fogliolina addio ...
Shhh listen!Listen to the song of the wind — goodbye little leaf…
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È una perla la Luna — incastonatasul Monte Fuji
it’s a pearlthe full moon — nestledon Mount Fuji
Pearl Fuji — a phenomenon occuring when the moon appears to lie just above the summit of Fuji and resembles a small pearl.
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Una lumaca scrive — versi invisibilisul mio taccuino
A small snail writes — invisible verseson my notebook
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Più azzurro il cielo —tra i rami la lunafa capolino
Bluer the sky —among the flowered branchesmoon peeps out
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Oh usignolo!Lo porta il vento il tuo— tandaradei
Oh nightingale! only the wind brings your song— tandaradei
[Tandaradei — onomatopoeic nightingale song used in the Minnesang.]
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La raganella intona un bel concerto— in chiave di cra
The treefrogsings a beautiful concert— in the key of cra
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Luna d’autunno —anche il camaleontecambia colore
Autumn moon —also the chameleonchanges color
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Frugando in tasca soltanto margherite —ride il barbone
Search in pockets not even a penny, just holes —that smiling tramp
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Benvenuti fiori —le finestre sorridonoal vostro sbocciare
Welcome, flowers —the windows also smileat your blossom
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Dei papaverila stella sulla fronte — come i bambini
On the foreheadpressing the star of poppies— as children do
[Old custom where children declare their love by pressing the central poppy star on the forehead or hands. Identical signs appearing on boy and girl proved their love.]
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Oh lumachina —ancora cento passitra te e la Luna
Oh little snail —between you and the Moon another hundred paces
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Corri bambina —un gelato al pistacchio ed un sorriso
Run baby —a pistachio ice cream and a smile
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La radio canta una rosa è una rosa —profuma il mattino
The radio singsa rose is a rose is a rose is a rosemorning’s perfume
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~ 29 ~
Soffia e soffiaper ogni pappo un sogno —dente di cane
Blowing, again for every pappus a dream —dandelion
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mi porto dentro la musica del mare —e va e viene e va …
I bring with methe song of the sea —and goes and comes and goes
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Bava di lumaca —Luminosa poesia che non so decifrare
Snail slime —sparkly poem I can not decipher
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Aprile aprile —di una rosa soltantosi veste il giorno
April —only a rose dresses the day
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aprire gli occhi —le nuvole al mattino poi le lacrime
Open your eyes —clouds in the morningthen tears
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un filo d’erbala sua danza nel vento —una formica
Blade of grass dancing in the wind —an ant
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Un nuovo giorno —lascio sulle nuvoletutti i dolori
A new day —I give all my painsto the clouds
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Quanta bellezza —guardo i fiori di loto ed è già sera
What beauty —I look at lotus flowersand it’s already evening
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Cri-cri cri-cri crigrillo — mi accompagni tuin questa notte?
Cri cri cri ...cricket — do you want to take me with you on this night?
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Oh essere stella —brillare nella notte della tua vita
Oh to be a star —shining in the night of your life
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Tramonta il sole —chiudono le corolle anche i gigli d’acqua
Sun fades —also the water lilies close their buds
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È forse un bacioquel petalo che sfiora la mia guancia?
Is it perhaps a kiss that petal brushing my cheek?
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Un vecchio stanco — disegna ghirigori l'ombra del fico
the fig tree’s shade —a tired old man draws swirls
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Mescola al lagole stelle questa notte— l’eco del cra cra
Night blendsstars in the lake — the echoing cra cra cra
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Luna di ghiaccio —come il mio cuore chiusiquesti boccioli
Ice moon —like my heart closedthis buds
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poter essereun gruccione — volaresulle parole
able to be a bee-eater — flyingabove bad words
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Soffiava pianoil vento tra i cipressi —ti amo ancora
(da “Nei giardini di Suzhou”, 2015, FusibiliaLibri)
The spring wind was blowing slowly —I still love you
(from In the Gardens of Suzhou)
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Haibun
Appena dopo l'alba. Passeggiare.
Non vi racconterò di un viaggio lontano, o forse sì.
Un passo dietro l'altro ringraziare il cielo per essere in piedi, per godere di quest'aria mattutina, di questo silenzio ancora immerso nel sonno. Posso ancora sentire l'erba sotto le suole, la ghiaia e la fatica dei muscoli che non incontravano più il sole.
Camminare. Qualcosa di così semplice. Poter respirare l'odore del mattino, indovinare dal loro profumo quale fiore e quale erbe abitano i giardini e i campi incolti lungo questa strada.
Non è un luogo remoto. O forse sì. Un profumo che permea i ricordi.
Sono già stata qui? Mi hanno già parlato questi fiori? Sono stata malata per lungo tempo.
Non li ricordavo più. Le corolle colorate di capolini viola e rosa. Un fiore così semplice e rigoglioso dedicato a un grande amore.
Forse non sono più vicino a casa mia. Sono in Oriente. Nella Cina antica dove, sontuose fioriture di Hydrangea, mi solleticano il naso. Qui, con gli occhi chiusi, posso viaggiare ancora più lontano, viaggiare nel tempo.
Una bambina nel giardino della nonna. È il suo compleanno e i grandi fiori emergono dal cespuglio di foglie con le corolle ancora di un verde tenue. Le guardo intensamente, sperando di poter vedere, da un momento all'altro, un'esplosione di colori.
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Riapro gli occhi. Mi ritrovo in un turbinio di rosa pallido e di glicine. In-spiro profondamente. Cammino. Sono solo a pochi passi dal mio giardino. E non sono più quella bambina. O forse sì?
Ortensia in fiore – la voce di mia nonna nel suo profumo
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Haibun
Just after dawn. Walking.
I will not tell you about a distant trip, or maybe I will.
One step behind the other to thank the sky for my being able to stand on my feet, enjoying this morning air, this still sleeping silence. I can still feel the grass under my shoes, gravel and fatigue of muscles that no longer feel the sun.
Walking. Something so simple. Being able to guess, by their perfume, what flowers and herbs inhabit the gardens and uncultivated fields along this road. It's not a remote place. Or maybe it is: A scent that permeates memory.
Have I been here already? Have these flowers already talked to me? I've been ill a long time.
I no longer remember them. The colourful blooms of purple and pink capo-lines. Such simple and luxuriant flower dedicated to such a great love.
Maybe I'm not closer to my home. I'm in the East. In ancient China where sumptuous Hydrangea blooms tickle my nose. Here, with my eyes closed, I can travel farther, travelling through time.
A little girl in her grandmother's garden: It's her birthday and big flowers emerge from the bush of leaves with the crowns still of a soft green. I look at them intently, hoping to see, at any moment, an explosion of colours.
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I re-open my eyes. I am in a swirl of pale pink and wisteria. I inhale deeply and walk.I’m just a few steps from my garden. And I'm not that little girl anymore.
Or perhaps I am?
ancient scent – in the hydrangeas my grandmother's voice
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Haiku di mezza estate
Mid-Summer Haiku
riflessa in acqualuna — prendo un po’ di tenelle mie mani
Reflected in waterMoon — I take a little bit of youin my hands
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fuochi di Litha —la luna è una virgolalassù nel cielo
Litha’s fires —the moon is a commaup in the sky
[Litha — Pagan / Wicca celebration of summer solstice.]
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luna del drago —si assottiglia il confinetra terra e cielo
Dragon moon —between earth and skythin border
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Sickle waitingto reap the stars —Litha Moon
Falce in attesadi mietere le stelle —luna di Litha
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Solstizio estivo —l’erba di San Giovanniscacciadiavoli
Summer solstice —the St John's grasscasts-out-devils
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Luna di miele —i monti incoronatipiangono latte
Honey moon —the crowned mountains weep milk
[Honey moon — i.e. the moon of summer solstice.]
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Mezza estate —tra i gerani in fioreun'ape danza
Mid-summer —among blooming geraniumsthe dance of a bee
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Ginkgo biloba —le foglie appese al cielodi mezza estate
Ginkgo biloba —midsummer leaves hang in the sky
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