Translation of the song Sogno artist Giovanni Pascoli

Italian

Sogno

English translation

Dream

Per un attimo fui nel mio villaggio,

For a moment I was in my hamlet's home,

nella mia casa. Nulla era mutato.

in my house. Nothing had changed.

Stanco tornavo, come da un vïaggio;

I had come back tired, as from a journey;

stanco, al mio padre, ai morti, ero tornato.

tired, to my father, to my dead, I was back.

Sentivo una gran gioia, una gran pena;

I felt a great joy, a great sorrow;

una dolcezza ed un’angoscia, muta.

a sweetness and anguish, that was deaf.

— Mamma? — È là che ti scalda un po’ di cena —

— Mommy? —She's there reheating some dinner for you —

Povera mamma! e lei, non l’ho veduta

Poor mommy! and her, I did not see.

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