Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli Time Poems

  • 1.
    Once upon a time, a king saw fit
    to send this proclamation through the land:
    'I am I, you vassals aren't worth shit â??
    that's how it is, so kiss my royal hand!
    ...
  • 2.
    Un mese, o ppoco ppiù, doppo er guadaggno
    De la piastra, che ffece er zanto prete,
    Venne la pasqua, e 'r gabbiano che ssapete
    Cominciò a lavorà de scacciaraggno.
    ...
  • 3.
    La donna, inzino ar venti, si è contenta
    Mamma, l'anni che ttiè ssempre li canta:
    Ne cresce uno oggni cinque inzino ar trenta,
    Eppoi se ferma lì ssino a quaranta.
    ...
  • 4.
    Cos'è er braccio de Dio! mannà un fischietto
    Contr'a quer buggiarone de Golìa,
    Che si n'avessi avuto fantasia
    Lo poteva ammazzà cor un fichetto!
    ...
  • 5.
    Nun pòi sbajà ssi vòi. Qua ssu la dritta,
    Ner comincio der Vicolo der Branca,
    Doppo tre o quattro porte a manimanca
    Te viè in faccia una pietra tutta scritta.
    ...
  • 6.
    When I watch folks of this world and see how widespread
    It is for those, that pile up treasure and put on fat, to chafe
    At the bit and grasp for more, the way they hunger for a safe
    As broad as the ocean, and so deep, that it'd never touch the seabed,
    ...
Total 6 Time Poems by Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli

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