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Poem

Giampiero Neri

It was difficult to recover the threads

It was difficult to recover the threads

of that open-air theater

with its scattered statues.

The name of a shop had remained

a street corner seemed familiar

and the fish swimming below the banks

in the lake’s dead waters.

It was difficult to recover the threads

’t Was moeilijk van dat openluchttheater
en zijn verdwenen gestalten
de draden weer te vinden.
Er waren nog de namen van een paar winkels,
een paar herkenbare straathoeken
en de vissen die langs de oever zwommen
in het dode water van het meer.

Di quel teatro all’aperto
delle sue figure disperse
era difficile ritrovare i fili.
Rimaneva il nome di qualche negozio
qualche angolo di strada somigliante
e i pesci a nuotare sotto riva
nelle acque morte del lago.
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It was difficult to recover the threads

It was difficult to recover the threads

of that open-air theater

with its scattered statues.

The name of a shop had remained

a street corner seemed familiar

and the fish swimming below the banks

in the lake’s dead waters.

It was difficult to recover the threads

It was difficult to recover the threads

of that open-air theater

with its scattered statues.

The name of a shop had remained

a street corner seemed familiar

and the fish swimming below the banks

in the lake’s dead waters.
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