F. (translation below)

Hope you like it :)

Rivivo l'essenza di noi

in questo timido scambio di sguardi

mentre le nostre anime tristemente sole, 

felicemente si rincontrano

e ballano,

ballano le note immortali del nostro amore.

Sento sulla mia pelle il tuo soave tocco

cosi crudelmente allontanato dai miei sensi

per più inverni di quanti ne voglia ricordare.

Risvegli in me una passione mai dimenticata,

intensa, devota, profonda e metafisica

che trascende i limiti dei nostri corpi imperfetti.

E ora ascolto i tuoi lunghi silenzi

e non li cambierei per un coro di angeli !

Le stelle tutte illuminano il tuo volto mentre

la candida notte si colora del tuo innocente profumo

e sussurra ai miei ricordi il tuo nome:

F.

TRANSLATION:

I live again the essence of us

in this shy trade of looks

while our souls sadly alone

happily find each other

and dance,

dance the everlasting notes of our love.

I feel on my skin your sweet touch

so meanly took away from my senses

for more winters than the ones I want to remember.

You wake within me a passion I've never forgotten:

intense, devoted, deep and metaphysical

that transcends boundaries of our imperfect bodies.

And now I listen to your long silences

and I wouldn't trade them for an angels choir !

All the stars light up your face while

the pure night is coloured by your innocent perfume

and whispers to my memories your name:

F.

Author's Note

Written about my very first love. We met again after ages and I ended up writing this.
Probably my translation sucks so I apologize :(

Reviews

[Writer #00]

Great emotional imagery (imagery of your emotions). Unexpected encounters that link us to our past once more must be extremely inspirational, I'm glad you shared this with us. I love the line "and now I listen to your long silences/and I wouldn't trade them for an angels choir !"

[外人 (Gaijin)]

Thx :) glad u liked it !

[kublakhan27]

The emotions you convey transcend language and translations...a beautiful piece :)

[MandaBear]

Aww a sweet poem! Just beautiful!

[Frieda P]

It's gorgeous in either language, I'm sure it sounds better in French though....lovely poetry with so much meaning in it's context. Thanks for sharing this one, been there too, you wrote it beautifully.

[外人 (Gaijin)]

Thx :) it's italian, btw

[Frieda P]

Oops, I meant Italiano, just realized what I wrote, your pen name always throws me, perdono :-)

[外人 (Gaijin)]

No problem ;)

[quinfinn]

your translation works well enough that this remains a beautifully written poem, full of wonderful imagery and some very nice wordplay.outstanding job!

[Coyote Poetry]

A beautiful poem. Old faces and memories rebirth in sweet dreams and places where love was once held. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote