In dreams.

by Cannonball

  • Poetry
  • Lyrical

Published November 28, 2011

Original italian version:

Nei sogni.


Agli occhi della mente mi sei apparsa, oh bianca creatura,
ma il sonno mi fu interrotto e non più contemplo la tua immagine.
Ancor adesso ti ricordo,
come uno spiraglio d'aria fresca
in questa mattina ancora addormentata.

Ogni notte, in sogno,
ricerco il tuo volto chiaro
tra queste lenzuola d'incertezza,
ma di fumo sembri agli occhi miei,
che pur insaziabili,
a loro invisibile ed irraggiungibile è il tuo sapere.



English version:

In dreams.


In the eyes of my mind you appeared, oh white creature,
but sleep was interrupted, and I can't longer see your image.
Even now I remember,
you were like a ray of fresh air
in that morning, still asleep.

Every night, in my dreams,
I try to see your clear face again,
between these sheets of uncertainty,
but you seem to be smoke in my eyes,
that even insatiable,
your knowledge is invisible and unreachable to them.

Comments & reviews · 6
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mkg1017
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mkg1017 wrote a review Review · Dec 6, 2011

This is a very good poem! It looks and sounds so much prettier in Italian though..

I wish I knew Italian. That's what my family on my mom's side is, and I actually have family in Italy that I try to talk to occasionally. I'd love to go visit them.

I love the poem though. Very creative(:

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TinyDancer
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TinyDancer wrote a review Review · Nov 28, 2011

Hey there :)
This piece was beautiful! I know a little Latin, so I could kind of pick up the Italian version, and might I say, Italian is a much prettier language than English :). Anyway, reading the English version made the poem mean more and become clearer to me, but I appreciate both! The content and imagery was beautiful as was the subject. Very lovely and mysterious. I loved it! Keep up the great work!

~Jess

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Cannonball Comment
Cannonball commented Comment · Nov 28, 2011

Thanks ! :)
I'm happy that you have enjoyed that! :D

Good writing ! :D

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murtuza
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murtuza wrote a review Review · Nov 28, 2011

Hey there, canonball!

This poem is structured really well. The imagery here of the 'creature' and how obsessed you are with seeing 'it' again is all very well described.

I've enjoyed reading this. Keep the ink flowing!

Murtuza
:)

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Cannonball Comment
Cannonball commented Comment · Nov 28, 2011

Thanks. :)
Yeah.. it's difficoult for me translate it in italian, because i use a high italian language, and i'm not so good in english to translate it very well ! :)

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AliyahPillage
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AliyahPillage commented Comment · Nov 28, 2011

I don't know what it says but it sounds nice, I always love Italian.



In dreams, we enter a world that's entirely our own.
— Albus Dumbledore