Original Poem: That Night

[moonflower75]

This poem, in its Italian version, was written in 2007 for a contest. It passed and got published.
Since this one kind of popped into my head with mixed verses (a few in English here, a few in Italian there) but had to be conveyed necessarily in Italian, I thought it was only fair to give it a shot in English as well :D 
And so I have made the same for my other poems...... but that's another story

That Night

Do you know how that shines?

It’s like a blinding, sunny afternoon

Free to be like when I was a child

Like keeping my heart warm and safe

Raising my eyes to the sky in exasperation

And finding it blue, intense,

Clear and infinite

And you feel you can see for miles

Even without a plan or a project

 

It’s a cigarette flickering

In the dark, warm night

Out of the car

With no lights all around

Without being able to see your face

But knowing it’s there.

 

It’s trying and failing

And your heart keeps going a thousand miles per hour

No matter what




Quella Notte

Sai come risplende?

Come un pomeriggio di sole accecante,

libera di essere come quando ero bambina,

come avere il cuore al caldo,

alzare gli occhi al cielo per l’esasperazione…

e trovarlo azzurro, intenso,

pulito e altissimo

che pensi di poter vedere per miglia

ma senza un piano o un progetto.

 

E’ una sigaretta che brilla

nella notte tiepida e buia,

fuori dalla macchina

senza alcuna luce in giro,

senza poter vedere il tuo viso

e sapere che c’è.

 

E’ aver provato e fallito

Ed il cuore che continua ad andare a duemila,

nonostante tutto.