The Dawn is Always New: Selected Poetry of Rocco Scotellaro

Rocco Scotellaro

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The Dawn is Always New

Selected Poetry of Rocco Scotellaro

Rocco Scotellaro
Edited by: Ruth Feldman
Translated by: Brian Swann

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1980

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Volume 80 | The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation

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Princeton Legacy Library

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This selection of poetry presents--in a bilingual edition--what the translators regard as the very best poems of Rocco Scotellaro (1923-1953).

Originally published in 1980.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
TABLE OF CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
TRANSLATORS’ PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	xiii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
Invito: Invitation
Le viole sono dei janciulli scalzi / The violets are barefoot children Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	16
Le nenie/ The dirges Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	18
È un ritratto tutto piedi / A portrait that’s all feet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	20
Il primo addio a Napoli / First farewell to Naples Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	22
È calda cosí la malva / The mallow is warm like this
Alla figlia del trainante / To the muledriver’s daughter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	26
Per Pasqua alla promessa sposa / To my fiancee for Easter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	28
Una dichiarazione di amore a una straniera / A declaration of love to a stranger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	30
L’amica di città / The city sweetheart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	32
Sponsali / Wedding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	34
Neve: Snow
A una madre / To a mother Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	38
Neve / Snow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	40
Mia sorella sposata / My married sister Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	42
Mio padre / My father Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	44
Già si sentono le mele odorare / Already the apples give off their scent Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	48
La luna piena / Full moon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	50
Canto: Song
I padri della terra se ci sentono cantare / If the fathers of the land hear us singing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	54
Capostorno: Capostorno
Tu non ci fai dormire cuculo disperato / You will not let us sleep, desperate cuckoo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	60
Ti rubarono a noi come una spiga / They stole you from us like an ear of corn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	62
La fiera / The fair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	66
La mandria turbinava l’acqua morta / The herd churned the dead water Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	68
Capostorno / Capostomo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	70
Pozzanghera nera il diciotto aprile / Black puddle: April 18 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	74
Novena per giugno / Novena for June Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	76
Sempre nuova è l’alba / The dawn is always new
Suonano mattutino / Matins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	80
E ci mettiamo a maledire insieme / And we begin to curse together Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	82
La pioggia / The rain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	84
Vespero / Evening Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	86
Sempre nuova è l’alba / The dawn is always new Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	88
Verde nasce: Green is born
Eli Eli / Eli Eli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	92
Storiella del vicinato / A neighborhood tale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	94
Verde nasce / Green is born Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	100
Le tombe le case / The graves the houses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	104
Il cielo a bocca aperta / The open-mouthed sky
Alla fanciulla dai seni sterpigni / To the girl with the thorny breasts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	110
Il cielo a bocca aperta / The open-mouthed sky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	112
Ora che domina luglio / Now that July rules Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	114
Andare a vedere una giovane / Going to see a young woman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	116
Margherite e rosolacci / Daisies and poppies
Attese / Waiting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	120
Giovani spose / Young brides Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	122
Il carcere: The prison
Il sole view dopo / The sun comes later Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	126
Io sono un uccello di bosco / I am a wood bird Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	128
Una casa dietro i cipressi del carcere / A house behind the prison cypresses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	130
La casa: The house
Casa / House Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	134
C’era l’America / There was America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	136
Passaggio alla città / Journey to the city Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	140
Il Garibaldino novantenne / The ninety-year-old Garibaldino Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	144
Quaderno a cancelli / Checkered notebook
Cena / Supper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	150
Lezioni di economia / Economics lessons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	152
I versi e la tagliola / The poem and the snare Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	154
America / America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	156
Salmo alla casa e agli emigranti / Psalm to the house and the emigrants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	158
Domenica / Sunday Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	160
Padre mio / Father mine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	162
Palazzo reale di Portici / Royal Palace at Portia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	164
I pastori di Calabria / The shepherds of Calabria Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	166
Additional poems
L’Adige scroscia / The Adige thunders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	170
La nebbia veloce / The quick fog Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	172
Mare di nebbia / Sea of mist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	174
Viaggi / Journeys Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	176
Liberate, uomini, l’ergastolano / Men, set the prisoner free Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	178
Vico Tapera / Vico Tapera Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	180
I manifesti / Manifestos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	182
Invettiva alla solitudine / Invective against solitude Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	184
Quaresima ’48 / Lent ’48 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	188
Non tornano gli agnelli per una fanciulla scomparsa / The lambs do not come back for a dead girl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	190
Montescaglioso / Montescaglioso Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	192
America scordarola / America the forgetful Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	194
Conosco / I know Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	198
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	201

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400856862

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