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Reading:
<em><strong>Veglia</strong></em> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Ungaretti" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Giuseppe Ungaretti</a> from the book L'allegria, 1916.
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">A whole night </span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">thrown near </span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">a comrade </span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">massacred </span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">with his mouth </span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">snarling </span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">towards the full moon </span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">with the swelling </span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">of his hands </span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">penetrating </span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">my silence </span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">I wrote </span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">letters full of love</span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">I’ve never been </span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">more </span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US">attached to life</span></span>)
Antonella Carducci Artensio – Business Administration & Law Student. IE University.
Reading:
Veglia by Giuseppe Ungaretti from the book L’allegria, 1916.
A whole night
thrown near
a comrade
massacred
with his mouth
snarling
towards the full moon
with the swelling
of his hands
penetrating
my silence
I wrote
letters full of love
I’ve never been
more
attached to life
