Himmel 27/50 : In Erwartung

Villanel la nube estiva
talor guarda e si scolora:
in lei teme ascoso il nembo
che la messe gli divora,
quando i solci col suo grembo
si prepara a ristorar.

Ma se al fine si diffonde
sciolta in dolci amiche stille
sulle piagge sitibonde,
torna il riso alle pupille
e ravviva il suo sperar.

Sometimes the peasant turns pale
at the sight of a summer's cloud,
fearing the hidden rain within it
that will destroy his harvest
when the furrowed land
is about to give up its yield.

Yet if in the end it disperses,
shredding but sweet and welcome drops
upon arid shores,
a smile returns to his eyes
and his hope is restored.

Geminiano Giacomelli / Simone Kermes : Villanel la nube estiva

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