Italian with Pound

Looking for Stevens, I found my Pound.

He'll more than do, I thought.  And so it proved.

First a couple of epitaphs:


                Fu-I

Fu-I loved the high cloud and the hill,
(Fu-I amava la nuvola alta e la collina)

Alas, he died of alcohol.
(Ahime, mori di alcool).

                Li Po

And Li Po also died drunk.
(E anche Li Po mori ubriaco).

He tried to embrace the moon
(Cercava di abbraciare la luna)

In the Yellow River.
(Nel Fiume Giallo).

     And possibly the most famous short poem by Pound:

A una fermata del Metro

L'apparizione di questi visi nella folla;

Petali sopra un umido ramo nero.

In a Station of the Metro

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;

Petals on a wet black bough.

Ciao!

G