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