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Mutation

Guillaume Apollinaire
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Translated by Steven Birkbeck
METAMORFOSI

Una donna che piangeva
Eh! Oh! Ah!
Dei soldati che passavano
Eh! Oh! Ah!
Un custode della chiusa che pescava
Eh! Oh! Ah!
Le trincee che biancheggiavano
Eh! Oh! Ah!
Delle granate che scorreggiavano
Eh! Oh! Ah!
Fiammiferi che non si accendevano
E tutto
E' così cambiato
In me
Tutto
tranne il mio Amore
Eh! Oh! Ah!
The Cavalryman’s Farewell

Oh God, what a lovely war
With it songs and long long days
I’ve polished this ring much as before
The winds mingle with your last sighs

Farewell. Here it is: the bugle call
Saddle up, he turns, disappearing, dust rises
And then afar, a dying fall
While she remains and laughs at Life’s surprises


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