MICHELA ZANARELLA

MICHELA

ZANARELLA

IN LYRE’S MELODIES

(THE MYTH OF HERMES)

The depth of the words, where to look for?

Perhaps in lyre’s melodies

where Hermes posts sowing

endless?

At the origin of a verb

subtle looks of orators and poets

console themselves

of heavenly step

illuminating the branch

and the human backdrop.

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IN MELODIE DI LIRA (al mito di Hermes)

La profondità delle parole dove cercarla?

Forse in melodie di lira

in cui Hermes semina messaggi

senza fine?

All' origine di un verbo

sguardi sottili di oratori e poeti

si consolano

del passo celeste

che illumina il ramo

ed il fondale umano.

THE LIGHT’S BREATH

I quench the thirst

the light’s breath,

I push with force the eyelids

at dawn.

Let me be born

next to an open border,

in the sky language I resurface.

Subjected to light

of madness

I have no soul.

It scares me who I faced:

my destiny,

shroud of memory and clouds.

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DEL RESPIRO DELLA LUCE

Mi disseto

del respiro della luce,

spingo con forza le palpebre

verso l'alba.

Mi lascio nascere

accanto ad un confine aperto,

in lingua di cielo riaffioro.

Sottomessa a chiarore

di follia,

non ho più anima.

Mi spaventa chi ho di fronte:

il mio destino,

che è sudario

di memoria e nuvole.

LIKE TREES

They have piled up

centuries

like trees

in this world

that knows of fights

and gaping bones.

My shape insists

to remove losses

in a sky that dies.

And thin it become shame

of the blood that is repeated.

COME ALBERI

Si sono ammucchiati

secoli

come alberi

in questo mondo

che sa di risse

e di ossa spalancate.

La mia sagoma insiste

ad allontanare smarrimenti

in un cielo che muore.

E sottile si fa vergogna

del sangue che si ripete.

MICHELA ZANARELLA

MICHELA ZANARELLA is an italian author of poetry, fiction, and plays. Born in Cittadella (Padua), Michela lives and works in Rome, where she carries out her work in collaboration with various journals on the web. She has published ten books of poetry, and she has received several national and international awards. Her poetry has been translated into Spanish, Romanian, French, and Arabic.