Dialect Poetry of Southern Italy (Italian Poetry in Translation Book 2)

(Marcin) #1
(Cont.d)

And it is even civil, the young gamin,
it moves around to look for fancy beds
it enjoys the fresh smell of new linen
where the best flesh fall asleep and spreads.
In March we have to prepare the medicine
of death, so our healthy life can last:
Boiled water and potassium alcaline
to destroy the eggs inside their nest.
Also pass on it a little petrol oil
to make it die of rage and in turmoil.
(Translated by Luigi Bonaffini)

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