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Friday, March 22, 2024

Ida Vitale

 

I took a stab at translating a poem by Vitale:


FALL 


Fall, a dog 

with an affectionate, impertinent paw

shakes the leaves of books, 

demands we notice 

its fascinations 

shifting in vain from green

to gold to red to purple. 


Just as when, distracted,

you lose le mot juste

forever.  




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