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Monday, October 19, 2015

Daniela D'Uva--Italian translation of poem 





Dear Daniela, who lives in Rome, frequently does translations of my poems into Italian, mainly for her own pleasure.  Here is one of her latest, the Italian version of a poem I posted a few days ago.  (And the picture is also from Daniela, with St. Peter's Cathedral in the background.)

Miracle

(for all who have undergone Awakening)

Something will happen.
You will be going along,
managing your life,
even with the occasional migraine,
the stomach upset,
and then the unexpected will
intervene.

You will name it rapture
and contemplate pictures of
Saint Teresa in ecstasy.

You will think,
"Why me"?

You will give up smoking
and become a vegetarian.

You will feel exquisite waves
of bliss flow through
your body,
every time you do
your version of yoga.

You will try to learn
ta'i chi, and find it is complicated,
but even then
the tiny moves will stir
ripples of delight
in your arms, your legs.

You will see the world
as a panorama of beauty,
everyone you meet
will be another version
of you.

Love will be all you are
interested in,
love for others,
dogs on leashes,
buildings,
trash at the curb,
lost homeless.

You will have entered
paradise.

And you will ask again,
"Why me?"

Dorothy Walters
September 26, 2015


Miracolo

(per tutti quelli che hanno attraversato il Risveglio)
Qualcosa accadrà.
Starai andando avanti,
conducendo la tua vita,
magari con occasionali emicranie,
lo stomaco agitato,
e poi l’inaspettato
interverrà.

Lo chiamerai rapimento
e contemplerai i disegni di
Santa Teresa in estasi.

Penserai,
“Perché io?”

Smetterai di fumare
diverrai vegetariano.

Sentirai onde squisite
di beatitudine fluire attraverso
il tuo corpo,
ogni volta che farai
la tua versione di yoga.

Proverai ad imparare
il ta’i chi, e lo troverai complicato,
ma anche allora
i piccoli movimenti  provocheranno
fremiti di piacere
nelle tue braccia, nelle tue gambe.

Vedrai il mondo
come un panorama di bellezza,
chiunque incontrerai
sarà un’altra versione
di te.

L’amore sarà tutto quello a cui
sarai interessata,
amore per gli altri,
cani al guinzaglio,
edifici,
spazzatura sul marciapiede,
senzatetto perduti.

Sarai entrata in
paradiso.

E ti chiederai ancora,
“Perché io?”

Daniela D'Uva



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