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Il latte nero dell'alba

Michele Gazich
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Tentativo di traduzione inglese di DonQuijote 82
The black milk of the dawn

At night we drink the black milk of the dawn
At night we drink the black milk of the dawn
At night we drink the black milk of the dawn
At night we drink the black milk of the dawn

To live, to write
To scar the hate
To live, to write
To change languages, to change towns
To love, love, love again
To live, to write
Even though everything is dying around

To live, to write
New books for new fires
To live, to write
For the executioners’ bored ears
To live, to write
I can hear the sound of new chains
To live, to write
Even though everything is dying around

I can’t forget my father
I can’t forget my mother
I can’t forget the snow
I can’t forget the blood
I can’t forget
I can’t forget

But tonight the river is a big black heart
And it welcomes me
And it holds me tight
And it quenches my sorrow

At night we drink the black milk of the dawn
At night we drink the black milk of the dawn
At night we drink the black milk of the dawn
At night we drink the black milk of the dawn
BLACK MILK OF DAYBREAK

Black milk of daybreak we drink it at sundown 
Black milk of daybreak we drink it at sundown 
Black milk of daybreak we drink it at sundown 
Black milk of daybreak we drink it at sundown 

Living writing healing the hate
Living writing changing language changing town
Living writing loving loving loving still more
Living writing although everything dies all around

Living writing new books for new fires
Living writing for the hangman's weary ears
Living writing I can hear new chains clanging
Living writing although everything dies all around

I did not forget my father
I did not forget my mother
I did not forget the snow
I did not forget the blood
I did not forget...
I did not forget...

But the river is a big black heart tonight
And welcomes me
And embraces me
And quenches my pain.




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