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Carol Ann Duffy<br />

traduzione <strong>di</strong> G. Sensi e A. Sirotti<br />

Inside a virgin, a lover.<br />

Forty thieves in a crowd,<br />

bearded and bold.<br />

A lamp rubbed by a lad<br />

turning to gold.<br />

Talking lips don’t grow cold;<br />

babble and jabber.<br />

Inside a beehive, a fortune.<br />

What was lost was held<br />

inside a tale.<br />

The tall stories I told<br />

utterly real.<br />

Inside a marriage, a gaol;<br />

better to vanish.<br />

Inside a mirror, an ogre;<br />

better to banish.<br />

A thousand and one tales;<br />

weeping and laughter.<br />

Only the silent fail.<br />

Dentro una vergine un amante.<br />

Quaranta ladroni tra la folla,<br />

bal<strong>di</strong> e barbuti.<br />

Un bimbo struscia una lampada<br />

che si trasforma in oro.<br />

Labbra parlanti non ghiacciano;<br />

chiacchiera e ciancia.<br />

Dentro un alveare una fortuna.<br />

Quel che si perde si tiene<br />

dentro una storia.<br />

Le frottole che ho detto<br />

son tutte vere.<br />

Dentro un matrimonio una galera;<br />

meglio svanire.<br />

Dentro uno specchio un orco;<br />

meglio ban<strong>di</strong>re.<br />

Mille e una storia;<br />

pianto e risate.<br />

Solo chi tace muore.<br />

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