A Translation: ' L'evoluzione Delle Olive ' (A Poem By Tim Liardet) Poem by Fabrizio Frosini

A Translation: ' L'evoluzione Delle Olive ' (A Poem By Tim Liardet)



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[my translation into Italian of 'The Evolution of Olives' - Poem by Tim Liardet]
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'L'evoluzione delle Olive'


Fuori dalle mura di Firenze, nell'erba che sibila,
i raccoglitori di olive sonneccchiano sotto gli ulivi;

con le mani incrociate sul petto, come i defunti;
uno stivale polveroso poggiato sull'altro.

Il terreno intorno a loro ed i frutti trascurati,
assorbono calore. Che i raccoglitori siano in attesa

che le reti germoglino al sole o che le olive
inventino un modo per maturare più lentamente?



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'The Evolution of Olives' - Poem by Tim Liardet



Outside Florence's walls in the hissing grass
the olive-pickers snooze, under the olives;

one's hands lie across his chest, like the tomb-sleeper's;
his dusty boot thrown over the other's.

The ground around them, and the unattended fruit,
drink heat. Either the pickers are waiting

for their nets to sprout in the sun or for the olives
to invent a means of ripening slower.

A Translation: ' L'evoluzione Delle Olive ' (A Poem By Tim Liardet)
This is a translation of the poem The Evolution of Olives by Tim Liardet
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: human nature
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
[this is my translation into Italian of 'The Evolution of Olives' - Poem by Tim Liardet]
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Fabrizio Frosini 29 October 2016

...Tim Liardet's poem is about my region.. this is why I translated it into my native language Cheers

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Fabrizio Frosini 05 October 2016

in the picture, you can see 'Forte Belvedere' [in the upper left side] and the Walls that run from there to the city.. You should take a walk there.. it's great.. ;)

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Ratnakar Mandlik 05 October 2016

Simply Superb. In spite of being translation ii's flavor is that of an original poem. Thanks for sharing the lovely poem.

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Fabrizio Frosini 05 October 2016

ohh... thank you!

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Fabrizio Frosini 05 October 2016

.. you can see a number of olive-pickers, truly ''Outside Florence's walls'' - especially if you walk around the hill of San Miniato [the panorama is simply wonderful from the church of S. Miniato, on top of the hill]; and along the line of walls in 'Oltrarno', down from the 16th century Forte Belvedere.. - but they truly pick the olives.. ;) _________________________

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