The essential
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The essential

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The essential

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In un'epoca in cui tutto ha un prezzo e nulla ha valore, Brendan Kennelly è il poeta che forse ha la fiducia maggiore nel discorso poetico come dono. La sua vasta produzione in versi trova in questo libro una scelta mirabile e utile per seguire gli esiti della scrittura del poeta dagli anni Sessanta a oggi. Per quanto sia radicato nella propria contea d'origine ("Vengo dall'argilla e dalla roccia di Kerry"), la sua poesia cresce fino a raffigurare la condizione umana sottoposta alla ruota della fortuna e agli artigli del tempo. Nella grande tradizione europea ci sono poeti che denunciano il tramonto di una civiltà, altri che annunciano l'aurora di una insperata rinascita. Kennelly coniuga il tramonto con l'aurora, con la spensieratezza esuberante dovuta alle fonti Imperiture della poesia intesa come un dono. Dal testo introduttivo di Tomaso Kemeny

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Publisher
Jaca Book
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9788816800885
Subtopic
Poetry

POESIE

Adam

Two loves were quite enough, herself and God,
(God knows how hard it was to have to choose!)
Green shoots of innocence sprang from the sod,
Wild tendrils whispered that he couldn’t lose.
High disobedience roared through his blood,
His heart beat faster, suddenly stood still,
He found another way beyond the good
And little doubts, like puddles, stained his will.
A graceful world snapped, an axis jarred,
Long, shabby fields appeared, the sunlight thinned
In places under skies become ill-starred
Through rage of storm and ice and cold and wind
He, darkly conscious, touched her darkened will,
Grew grim, suspicious, furtive; loved her still.

Adamo

Due amori erano piĂš che sufficienti, lei e Dio,
(Dio sa quanto fu difficile dover scegliere!)
verdi virgulti d’innocenza scaturivano dalla zolla,
selvatici viticci sussurravano che non poteva perdere.
Arrogante disobbedienza gli ruggĂŹ nel sangue,
il cuore batté più rapido, all’improvviso si fermò,
trovò un’altra via oltre il bene
e piccoli dubbi, come pozzanghere, gli macchiarono la volontĂ .
Un mondo di grazia si spezzò, un’asse stridette,
ampi, squallidi campi comparvero, il sole si affievolĂŹ
sotto cieli divenuti infausti
tra l’infuriare di tempesta ghiaccio freddo e vento
lui, tenebrosamente conscio, sfiorò l’ottenebrata volontà di lei,
si fece cupo, sospettoso, furtivo; eppure l’amava.

The Gift

It came slowly.
Afraid of insufficient self-content
Or some inherent weakness in itself
Small and hesitant
Like children at the tops of stairs
It came through shops, rooms, temples,
Streets, places that were badly-lit.
It was a gift that took me unawares
And I accepted it.

Il dono

Arrivò lento.
Timoroso per scarsa autostima
o per intima fragilitĂ 
Piccolo ed esitante
come un bambino in cima alle scale
arrivò passando per botteghe, stanze, templi,
strade, luoghi male illuminati.
Fu un dono che mi colse di sorpresa
ed io lo accettai.

Westland Row

Brown bag bulging with fading nothings;
A ticket for three pounds one and six
To Euston, London via Holyhead:
Young faces limp, misunderstanding
What the first gay promptings meant –
A pass into a brilliant wilderness,
A Capital of hopeless promise.
Well, mount the steps: lug the bag:
Take your place. And out of all the crowd,
Watch the girl in the wrinkled coat,
Her face half-grey.
Her first time.

Westland Row

Borsa scura traboccante di cianfrusaglie sbiadite
un biglietto da tre sterline un pence e sei centesimi
per Euston, Londra, via Holyhead:
giovani volti sfioriscono, senza comprendere
il senso dei primi allegri suggerimenti –
un passaggio verso una luminosa landa,
una Capitale di promesse senza speranza.
Bene, sali i gradini: alloggia la borsa:
prendi posto. E isolato dalla folla,
osserva la ragazza nel cappotto spiegazzato,
il volto mezzo grigio.
La sua prima volta.

Before Leaving…

Before leaving, say something; speak of the long, wet
Fingers of rain that probed the whiteness of your face,
As you walked, head into the frail February light,
Beyond the heaving city’s distant rim.
Say a word or two; tell why you set
Your step in muted strength to walk a place
Where silence sprawled across a dim
Line of houses, leaning against the night.
A word about the sand that c...

Table of contents

  1. Copertina
  2. Dedica
  3. Frontespizio
  4. Copyright
  5. INDICE
  6. I laghi di birra di Brendan Kennelly
  7. POESIE
  8. Kennelly incontra l’Italia
  9. Brendan Kennelly
  10. ÂŤBeautiful FlowersÂť
  11. Niente si può paragonare a te…
  12. Brendan Kennelly, il poeta della Croce Storta
  13. Note di ÂŤunÂť traduttore