2024-06-01 Don't Give Up The Ship Day

【Ticket Thrown Away Before Not Leaving (Biglietto lasciato prima di non andar via)】

Giorgio Caproni (1912—1990)

            If I don't come home,

            I want you to know that

2018-07-19

【Life of my life, you seem to me】

Torquato Tasso (1544—1595)

                 Life of my life, you seem to me

                 Like some pallid olive tree

                 Or the faded rose I see:

  &nbs

2018-07-19

【Snowfall】

Giosuè Carducci (1835—1907)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1906〗

      Light snowfalls through an ashy sky.

      From the city, no sounds rise up, no human cries,

      not the grocer’s call or the ruckus of his cart,

2018-07-19

【Per una ghirlandetta】

Dante Alighieri (1265—1321)

             Per una ghirlandetta

             ch’io vidi, mi farà

             sospirare ogni f

2018-07-19

【Dante】

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475—1564)

          WHAT should be said of him cannot be said;

          By too great splendor is his name attended;

          To blame is easier than those who him offended,

          Than

2018-07-19

【Celestial Love】

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475—1564)

         NO mortal thing enthralled these longing eyes

         When perfect peace in thy fair face I found;

         But far within, where all is holy ground,

         My soul felt Love, he

2018-07-19

【Poem】

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475—1564)

          Ravished by all that to the eyes is fair,

          Yet hungry for the joys that truly bless,

          My soul can find no stair

          To mount to heaven, save earth

2018-07-19

【The Doom of Beauty】

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475—1564)

          Choice soul, in whom, as in a glass, we see,

          Mirrored in thy pure form and delicate,

          What beauties heaven and nature can create,

         &nb

2018-07-19

【Autumn Song】

Dante Alighieri (1265—1321)

          Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf

          How the heart feels a languid grief

          Laid on it for a covering,

  &

2018-07-19

【Aiden in English】

        The trip's highlight, the pinnacle of summer, is the only reason I wanted to go on this surprising cruise: The Leaning Tower of Pizza.

        Or Pisa, whatever. I call it Pizza because it's in Italy and looks fabulous—simpl

2018-07-18

【voi che per la via d’Amor passate】

Dante Alighieri (1265—1321)

        O you who walk awhile along Love's way,

        wait here, and look, and say

        if any grief there be to equal mine;

    &

2018-07-18

【La Vita Nuova】

Dante Alighieri (1265—1321)

                In that book which is

                My memory…

            &

2018-07-18

【Love and the Gentle Heart】

Dante Alighieri (1265—1321) 

        Love and the gentle heart are one thing,

        just as the poet says in his verse,

        each from the other one as well divorced

   &

2018-07-18

【Of Beauty and Duty】

Dante Alighieri (1265—1321)

         TWO ladies to the summit of my mind

         Have clomb, to hold an argument of love.

         The one has wisdom with her from above,

         For every noblest virtue well designed:

&n

2018-07-18

【That nightingale who weeps so sweetly】

Francesco Petrarca (1304—1374)

         That nightingale who weeps so sweetly,

         perhaps for his brood, or his dear companion,

         fills the sky and country round with sweetness

         with

2018-07-18

【Now that the sky and the earth and the wind are silent】

Francesco Petrarca (1304—1374)

      Now that the sky and the earth and the wind are silent

     and the wild creatures and the birds are reined in sleep,

      Night leads its starry chariot in its round,

    &

2018-07-18

【The Flower from the Edge of the Crevasse】

Eugenio Montale (1896—1981)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗

      The flower which keeps repeating

      from the edge of the crevasse

      never forgets me

      has tints n

2018-07-18

【Aiden in English】

        Day two of the repeated sites. This stop was mainly to send tourists to Rome, a highlight of the cruise. However, after spending three extra days in Rome three years ago, I think it would be better to move on. While it is possibly my favorite city to revisit, there is sti

2018-07-17

【Full of a wandering thought that separates me】

Francesco Petrarca (1304—1374)

     Full of a wandering thought that separates me

    from all other men, and makes me go lonely through the world,

     hour after hour I am tempted by myself

     searching for her, whom I should

2018-07-17

【The Broken Pane】

Umberto Saba (1883—1957)

           It all conspires against you. Nasty weather,

           lights that keep going out, and the old house

           jolted by every gust. It’s dear to you

           for wh

2018-07-17

【Winter】

Umberto Saba (1883—1957)

            It’s night, a bitter winter. You raise

            the drapes a little and peer out. Your hair

            blows wil

2018-07-17

【To the Reader】

Umberto Saba (1883—1957)

            This book, Good Reader, though a balm to you,

            shames its creator and should go unread.

           &nbs

2018-07-17

【Insomnia on a Summer Night】

Umberto Saba (1883—1957)

          I've positioned myself to relax

          under the stars,

          one of those nights

2018-07-17

【Epitaph】

Umberto Saba (1883—1957)

      When I am alive I speak to the dead majority.

     After death, I refused to be courteous and asked to forget.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《墓志铭》】

翁贝托·萨巴“著名战士·微风”(1883生—1957卒)

2018-07-17

【One Night】

Umberto Saba (1883—1957)

            If only sleep would come, as it has come

            on other nights: already slipping through

            my tho

2018-07-17

【Happiness】

Umberto Saba (1883—1957)

         The youth, eager to obligations

       spontaneously offered their shoulders the burden.

         Not resistant. Cries of melancholy.

2018-07-17

【Once we were happy】

Torquato Tasso (1544—1595)

          Once we were happy, I

          Loving and beloved,

          You loved and loving, sweetly moved.

          Then you became the enemy

        &nb

2018-07-17

【Rivers】

Giuseppe Ungaretti (1912—1970)

              This mutilated tree gives

              me support, left in this pot-hole

              It has the bitterness of a circus

2018-07-17

【Wanderer】

Giuseppe Ungaretti (1912—1970)

                Nowhere

                On earth

               &

2018-07-17

【Aiden in English】

        Welcome to the first of two stops I've already been to. Today's hotspot was Naples, a beautiful city with a rich history, but one I happened to be in. So, we decided to go to Sorrento, another place we'd stopped by. That's alright since the main attraction

2018-07-16

【San Martino del Carso】

Giuseppe Ungaretti (1912—1970)

                Of these houses

                there remain

2018-07-16

【Aiden in English】

                Water further than the eyes can see,

                Traveling out in an endless direction.

2018-07-12

【Aiden in English】

          Splash! Not water,

          Bottom of the net.

          Whoosh! Not wind,

          Ball through the air.

              &n

2018-07-11

【Aiden in English】

        On the last day in Venice, I'm ready to set sail. Drunk on pizza, tired of pasta, sick of gelato, I think I've experienced the Italian lifestyle a little too much. For the past three days, I've had pizza or pasta for every lunch and dinner. That's incredibly unhealthy. I thor

2018-07-10

【English Horn】

Eugenio Montale (1896—1981)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗

          The wind this evening attentively plays

          bringing to mind the ringing metallic

          slip of a blade-

          the inst

2018-07-10

【Again and Again, I Have Seen Life's Evil】

Eugenio Montale (1896—1981)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗

         Again and again, I have seen life's evil:

         it was the strangled brook, still gurgling,

     &n

2018-07-10

【Happiness】

Eugenio Montale (1896—1981)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗

         Happiness is achieved, walking

         for you on a blade’s hedge.

         To our eyes, you are a glimmer that flickers,

         afoot, stretched ice that

2018-07-10

【Aiden in English】

        "In fair Verona, where we lay our scene."

        That's one of the few lines I remember from Romeo and Juliet. And so, in honor of the "greatest literary playwright" in history, today's adventure brought

2018-07-09

【I Recall Your Smile】

Eugenio Montale (1896—1981)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗

   I recall your smile, and for me, it is limpid water

   witnessed by chance among the stones of a riverbed.

   slight mirror in which you see an ivy and its inflorescence,

   and overall the emb

2018-07-09

【Any Hope of Ever Seeing You Again】

Eugenio Montale (1896—1981)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗

         Any hope of ever seeing you again

         was slipping away;

         and I wondered

2018-07-09

【In the Smoke】

Eugenio Montale (1896—1981)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗

         How many times have I waited for you 

         at the station in the cold, in the fog. 

         I walked gnawing, buying 

         un

2018-07-09

【Don't, Scissors, Cut That Face】

Eugenio Montale (1896—1981)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗

         Don't, scissors, cut that face,

         alone as memory disperses,

         Don’t make of

2018-07-09

【The hope of even seeing you again abandons me】

Eugenio Montale (1896—1981)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗

        The hope of even seeing you again abandons me:

           and I ask myse

2018-07-09

【Aiden in English】

        After one harsh day of running on fumes, we rested and didn't fall asleep instantly when hopping on the water bus. It took me two minutes.

        Today's adventure would take us to a basilica, then a basilica. The difference

2018-07-08

【The Lemon Trees】

Eugenio Montale (1896—1981)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗

         Hear me a moment. Laureate poets

         seem to wander among plants

         no one knows: boxwood, acanthus,

&nbs

2018-07-08

【Aiden in English】

        And we're off for the glorious land of Europe, where dreams of castles and kings, myth and legend, culture and overpriced water come true. Ironically, the first city of interest was Venice, a place where water is an abundant resource. I've seen movies, shows, and

2015-07-05

【Love】

Umberto Saba (1883—1957)

I say goodbye when I approach you, Love,

as this age and this gray would have me do.

There was the shadow of the earth and sun

and, oh, the heart of a heartless boy in you.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《爱情》】

    翁贝托·萨巴“著名战士·

2015-07-05

【Ulysses】

Umberto Saba (1883—1957)

          In my youth, I sailed

          the Dalmatian coast. Tiny islands

          rose from the surface of the waves, covered

        with algae, slippery, beautiful as emera

2015-07-05

【Aiden in English】

        The theme of the trip to explore World Heritage sites in Southern Europe is how time passes, and the future seems to come faster. Following the theme, time did move on, and I had to leave. Fortunately, this ending came with many memories. 

      &n

2015-07-04

【Old City】