Poem
Paolo Ruffilli
LOVE
Thus, I suddenlycatch myself in the mirror
in a stifling embrace
while I project myself
beyond myself:
a cramped desiring
and tormenting of someone
that imitates fusion. But
what breaks the illusion, the dream
of a complete union
is just the hard
object that, even now,
lifts itself up between
the two of us
thus raising
an objection
to its own statement.
© Translation: 2003, Boris Peter
From: Whenever I Go
From: Whenever I Go
Amore
Amore
Così, di colpomi colgo sullo specchio
stretto nell\'abbraccio
mentre mi proietto
oltre me stesso:
contratto desiderio
e strazio di un soggetto
che mima la fusione. Ma
annulla la finzione e il sogno
di unione più totale
proprio l\'oggetto
duro che, intanto,
sale su nel mezzo
di noi due
e che si oppone
corpo estraneo
alla sua stessa affermazione.
© 2006, Paolo Ruffilli
Poems
Poems of Paolo Ruffilli
Close
LOVE
Thus, I suddenlycatch myself in the mirror
in a stifling embrace
while I project myself
beyond myself:
a cramped desiring
and tormenting of someone
that imitates fusion. But
what breaks the illusion, the dream
of a complete union
is just the hard
object that, even now,
lifts itself up between
the two of us
thus raising
an objection
to its own statement.
© 2003, Boris Peter
From: Whenever I Go
From: Whenever I Go
LOVE
Thus, I suddenlycatch myself in the mirror
in a stifling embrace
while I project myself
beyond myself:
a cramped desiring
and tormenting of someone
that imitates fusion. But
what breaks the illusion, the dream
of a complete union
is just the hard
object that, even now,
lifts itself up between
the two of us
thus raising
an objection
to its own statement.
© 2003, Boris Peter
From: Whenever I Go
From: Whenever I Go
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