by Stelio Cro
vocali Se giochi
alle vocali ad alta voce, gl’itali
accenti volano sull’onda, coprendo
l’arco d’un’ambita sponda. Era un’“a”
pur scorrevole e veloce ed anche
un’“e” che chiusa mai non nuoce, mentre
aperta al dittongo pur confonda, insieme
all’“i” appaiata e già profonda, suoni
latini. Arrivando alla foce, col riposato
“o,” sonora e calma, al cospetto
dell’altra che rampogna e invettiva
agli spalti dello stadio, insieme
all’“u” che diffonde la tua radio, da centomila
gole che, a vergogna dell’arbitro,
rifiutan lor la palma. vowels If you play
your vowels loud and clear the Italian
accents soar on waves bouncing
with glee towards the cherished shores. It was an
“a” which glides afar and fast later an
“e”, closed and harmless, instead of
the open one, confused in a diphthong together
with the “i”, paired with its depth; Latin
sounds, singing from your lips, through a
relaxed “o”, sounding a brake, before the
harsher one for a complaint brought by
the swelling mob over the wall, while the
“u” broadcasting from the radio at the sound
of one hundred thousand voices mad at the
umpire, but still rich in vowels. |