watchmancbiz

The essence is to reduce what's written to its bones. Just verbs and a subject. Do we need something else to express discomfort (or joy)?


Poetry in foreign language is like having a shower with a coat on, innit?

But the gist is there

I like that you have included the translation, although I'm sure something is lost when not reading it in Italian. 

siggy47

Urlo, grido, impreco.
Tu inganni, balbetti, boffonchi, fuggi,

I gatti strusciano, la padella sfrigola.
E voi tutti capite: io non amo, tollero.
Travolgo, consumo, cestino ed archivio.
Non decifro, lei s'incupisce, si cela.

Il televisore riposa, la penna si ritrae.
La strada rumoreggia, il traffico assorda

I scream, I shout, I curse.
You trick, you mumble, flee,

Cats screech, the frying pan sizzles.
And you all understand: I do not love, I tolerate.
I overwhelm, consume, trash and archive.
I do not decipher, she darkens, she hides.

The television rests, the pen retracts.
The road rumbles, the traffic deafens

BooksAndArticles

# Italian

Urlo, grido, impreco.
Tu inganni, balbetti, boffonchi, fuggi,

tutti ridono.

I gatti strusciano, la padella sfrigola.
E voi tutti capite: io non amo, tollero.
Travolgo, consumo, cestino ed archivio.
Non decifro, lei s'incupisce, si cela.

Il televisore riposa, la penna si ritrae.
La strada rumoreggia, il traffico assorda

e il ritardo ammonta ad una vita.


# English

I scream, I shout, I curse.
You trick, you mumble, flee,

everyone laughs.

Cats screech, the frying pan sizzles.
And you all understand: I do not love, I tolerate.
I overwhelm, consume, trash and archive.
I do not decipher, she darkens, she hides.

The television rests, the pen retracts.
The road rumbles, the traffic deafens

and the delay amounts to a lifetime.


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