Among Those Killed In The Dawn Raid Was A Man Aged A Hundred

Maggie Holland

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Original	Versione italiana di Ariodante Marianni
AMONG THOSE KILLED IN THE DAWN RAID WAS A MAN AGED A HUNDRED	FRA LE VITTIME DELL'INCURSIONE ALL'ALBA SI TROVAVA UN UOMO DI CENT'ANNI

When the morning was waking over the war	Mentre il mattino si svegliava sopra la guerra,
He put on his clothes and stepped out and he died,	Indossò i suoi vestiti, varcò la soglia e morì;
The locks yawned loose and a blast blew them wide,	Le serrature allentate saltarono a uno scoppio:
He dropped where he loved on the burst pavement stone	Cadde lì dove amò, sul marciapiede esploso,
And the funeral grains of the slaughtered floor.	Nella funebre polvere del suolo massacrato.
Tell his street on its back he stopped a sun	Dite alla strada capovolta che egli arrestò un sole
And the craters of his eyes grew springshots and fire	E eruttò fiamme e virgulti dai crateri degli occhi
When all the keys shot from the locks, and rang.	Quando tutte le chiavi caddero dalle toppe e tintinnarono.
Dig no more for the chains of his grey-haired heart.	Non scavate più per le catene del suo cuore canuto.
The heavenly ambulance drawn by a wound	L'ambulanza del cielo tratta da una ferita
Assembling waits for the spade's ring on the cage.	Aspetta, radunando, il suono della vanga sulla gabbia.
O keep his bones away from the common cart,	Oh, tenete lontane le sue ossa da quel carro comune;
The morning is flying on the wings of his age	Il mattino s'invola sulle ali dei suoi anni
And a hundred storks perch on the sun's right hand.	E cento cicogne si posano alla destra del sole.

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