There's Life in the Trenches
There's Life in the Trenches
There's Life in the Trenches
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Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
What regiment do you belong to,<br />
bro<strong>the</strong>rs?<br />
Word trembl<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> night<br />
Leaf barely born<br />
In <strong>the</strong> shimmer<strong>in</strong>g air<br />
<strong>in</strong>voluntary rebellion<br />
of man present <strong>in</strong> his fragility<br />
Bro<strong>the</strong>rs.<br />
TRANSLATION<br />
Students’ translation<br />
Vigil<br />
A whole night long<br />
crouched close<br />
to one of our men<br />
butchered<br />
with his clenched<br />
mouth<br />
gr<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g at <strong>the</strong> full moon<br />
with <strong>the</strong> congestion<br />
of his hands<br />
thrust right<br />
<strong>in</strong>to my silence<br />
I’ve written<br />
letters filled with love<br />
I have never been<br />
so<br />
coupled to life.<br />
Translated by Ungaretti himself
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