REHEARSAL - Self-translated poems 11

The floor is dirty –

goodbye tears

Lights  don’t work

they’ll call

someone

Là ci darem la mano

Là…[1]

There

there

and never

here

It’s cold this evening

Let’s finish  quickly

Voices quiver

Là mi dirai…? – There

you’ll tell me

what I’ve never

said

here

But if then…

but if we…

The sofa has holes

Turn on– please

a light

more

La versione originale della poesia è in : Variazioni su Tema

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[1] From Mozart’s Don Giovanni  ‘Give me thy hand, oh fairest,  Whisper a gentle 'Yes', Come, if for me thou carest,
With joy my life to bless.