Like this stone of
San Michele
as cold
as hard
as thoroughly dried
as refractory
as deprived of spirit
Like this stone
is my weeping that can’t
be seen
Living
discounts death
(Giuseppe Ungaretti)
More Poetry from Giuseppe Ungaretti:
- Rivers (Giuseppe Ungaretti Poems)
- Italy (Giuseppe Ungaretti Poems)
- Variations On Nothing (Giuseppe Ungaretti Poems)
- Oh night (Giuseppe Ungaretti Poems)
- The beautiful night (Giuseppe Ungaretti Poems)
- Vigil (Giuseppe Ungaretti Poems)