SunflowersFound in the fields of Kittsee
Burgenland
60 km east of Vienna
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"Portami il girasole ch'io lo trapianti
nel mio terreno bruciato dal salino
e mostri tutto il giorno agli azzurri specchianti
del cielo l'ansieta' del suo volto giallino"
"Bring me the sunflower to plant in my garden here
Where the salt of the flung spray has parched a place
And all day to the long and mirroring air
Let it turn the ardor of its yellow face"
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Poem by Eugenio Montale
(Eugenio Montale, "Selected Poems"
Published by New Directions Publishing, 1965
ISBN 0811201198, 9780811201193)
Click on the image if you would like to read the whole poem, in both Italian and English, or any other you wish to read. Enjoy! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks; I'm unfamiliar with Montale.
ReplyDeletetut-tut,
ReplyDeleteyou are welcome! :-)
Check out the link, so many beautiful poems to explore.
This poet is new to me! I love this piece!! I must read more Montale!
ReplyDeleteThese fresh bright sunflowers thrill my soul. :)
I love the summer feel you captured in the sunflowers. Lovely and so is the poem. Have a great day Merisi.
ReplyDeletewillow,
ReplyDeleteyes, Montale is special! :-)
I think most of his poems have been translated into English.
Photowannabe,
high noon on a hot summer day,
in a field of sunflowers,
that is truly summer, I agree! ;-)
I have some dwarf sunflowers in the garden that I have grown this year. They are much more manageable than the big ones!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! Thanks for making me smile today :)
ReplyDeleteM.de Llama,,
ReplyDeleteI read somewhere that nowadays farmers are planting seeds that produce flowers with more drooping heads, less attractive to birds and gardeners alike. :-(
anonymous,
you are welcome! :-)
We should be growing sunfllowers in our back yard. We've certainly put out enough seed. surely the birds missed some.
ReplyDeleteWhat amazingly beautiful sunflowers! I always think of Italy and the miles of sunflowers whooshing by in the countryside as I traveled their roads.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful poem!