Hello dudes,
this time I want to share with you something different then my feelings, even if my feelings are involved; in fact I'm gonna share with you some italian songs I particulary like. They are inspired bye an American book “Spoon River Anthology”; I'm not a big fan of poetry though this sequel of epithaf desribing the people not only of that village but of America in general enamoured me. The songs keep the same level sometime almost litterary translating a particular poem other putting together more than one. So mine is the translation of the songs … here is the first(under the link the translation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EebvCFnU8Ao
THE HILL
Where has gone Elmer who let a fever kill him? Where Herman burnt in a mine?
Where are Bert and Tom , the first died in a brawl, and the other who came out of jail dead already?
And what happened to Charlie, who felt while working and from a bridge he flied on the road?
They sleep, they sleep, on the hill.(2)
Where are Ella and Keth, both died for a mistake one because of an abortion the other because of one love?
And Jenny murdered, in a brothel by a brute stroking her to death ,and Nancy frazzled by a weird disease?
And Lizzy, following her life far away and from England was sent back to this span of land?
They sleep, they sleep, on the hill.(2)
Where are generals decorating themselves in battles with cementery of cross on their breast?
Where are the sons of war who leaved for an ideal, for a fraud, or for a love ending in tears?
They sent their corpses back into flags, knot tight in way they seemed to be entired.
They sleep, they sleep, on the hill.(2)
Where is Jones, the whistle player, who was surprised in his 90s and who would have played with life already?
He who offered his face to wind, his throat to wine, and never a thought to money, love or heaven? It seems you can already hear him talking about filth he looks for on the road during unfitting hours, it seems you can already hear him saying to the liquors mechant “ You who sell it what do you buy better?
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@joh, thanks very much @ryz as I told you yeserday on main you are a great liar though I knew you'd love the song @jac well I'm glad you liked it @tim, :) great isn't it? I don't think so tim, for what I know the Spoon River Anthology by Lee Master was fiction but not exactly, meaning it didn't exist the single character but he was inspired by many ppl. To be sure I'll check it out and let u know :-*
Very nicely done, Viviana. Good job!
Meh, lol the lyrics are under the links loll ... it is abt how life is short and we waste it :-*
Ver, thnx dear :-*
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