The Ballad of the White Horse — Page 6

English → It BOOK I. THE VISION OF THE KING Level 7/10

But for this earth most pitiful,

Ma per questa terra tanto misera,

This little land I know,

Questa piccola terra che conosco,

If that which is for ever is,

Se ciò che è per sempre esiste,

Or if our hearts shall break with bliss,

O se i nostri cuori si spezzeranno di beatitudine,

Seeing the stranger go?

Nel vedere lo straniero andarsene?

"When our last bow is broken, Queen,

"Quando il nostro ultimo arco sarà spezzato, Regina,

And our last javelin cast,

E il nostro ultimo giavellotto scagliato,

Under some sad, green evening sky,

Sotto qualche triste, verde cielo serale,

Holding a ruined cross on high,

Tenendo in alto una croce in rovina,

Under warm westland grass to lie,

Per giacere sotto la calda erba della terra d'occidente,

Shall we come home at last?"

Torneremo a casa alla fine?"

And a voice came human but high up,

E una voce giunse umana ma dall'alto,

Like a cottage climbed among

Come un cottage arrampicato tra

The clouds; or a serf of hut and croft

Le nuvole; o un servo di capanna e podere

That sits by his hovel fire as oft,

Che siede spesso accanto al fuoco del suo tugurio,

But hears on his old bare roof aloft

Ma ode sul suo vecchio tetto spoglio in alto

A belfry burst in song.

Un campanile esplodere in canto.

"The gates of heaven are lightly locked,

"I cancelli del cielo sono leggermente chiusi,

We do not guard our gain,

Non custodiamo il nostro guadagno,

The heaviest hind may easily

Il più rozzo dei servi può facilmente

Come silently and suddenly

Venire in silenzio e all'improvviso

Upon me in a lane.

Incontrarmi in un vicolo.

"And any little maid that walks

"E qualsiasi giovane fanciulla che cammini

In good thoughts apart,

In buoni pensieri appartata,

May break the guard of the Three Kings

Può spezzare la guardia dei Tre Re

And see the dear and dreadful things

E vedere le care e terribili cose

I hid within my heart.

Che ho nascosto nel mio cuore.

"The meanest man in grey fields gone

"Il più misero degli uomini, scomparso nei campi grigi

Behind the set of sun,

Oltre il tramonto del sole,

Heareth between star and other star,

Ode tra una stella e l'altra,

Through the door of the darkness fallen ajar,

Attraverso la porta dell'oscurità socchiusa,

The council, eldest of things that are,

Il consiglio, il più antico delle cose che esistono,

The talk of the Three in One.

Il discorso dei Tre in Uno.

Vocabulary

Ma: But; however; yet (conjunction)
per: For; by; through; in order to (preposition)
questa: This (feminine singular demonstrative pronoun)
terra: Land; earth; ground; soil
tanto: So much; so many; such (adjective/pronoun)
misera: Miserable; wretched; poor (feminine adjective)
Questa: This (feminine singular demonstrative pronoun)
piccola: Small; little (feminine singular adjective)
che: That; which; who (relative pronoun)
conosco: I know (first person singular present indicative)
Se: If (conditional conjunction)
ciò: That; this (demonstrative pronoun)
sempre: Always; ever (adverb)
esiste: Exists; is present (third person singular present)
se: If; whether (conditional conjunction)
nostri: Our (plural masculine possessive adjective)
cuori: Hearts (plural noun)
si: Oneself; himself; herself; itself (reflexive pronoun)
spezzeranno: Will break; will shatter (future tense third person)
di: Of; from; by (preposition)
Nel: In the (preposition + article contraction)
vedere: To see; to watch (infinitive verb)
lo: Him; it (masculine singular direct object pronoun)
straniero: Stranger; foreigner (noun)
andarsene: To go away; to leave; to depart (verb)
Quando: When; whenever (adverb/conjunction)
il: The (masculine singular definite article)
nostro: Our (singular masculine possessive adjective)
ultimo: Last; final (adjective)
arco: Bow; arch (noun)
sarà: Will be (future tense third person singular)
spezzato: Broken; shattered (past participle)
Regina: Queen (noun)
scagliato: Hurled; thrown; cast (past participle)
Sotto: Under; beneath; below (preposition)
qualche: Some; any; a few (indefinite adjective)
triste: Sad; sorrowful; gloomy (adjective)
verde: Green (adjective/noun)
cielo: Sky; heaven (noun)
Tenendo: Holding; keeping (gerund/present participle)
in: In; into (preposition)
alto: High; up; above (adjective/adverb)
una: A; an (feminine singular indefinite article)
croce: Cross (noun)
rovina: Ruin; destruction; collapse (noun)
Per: For; by; through; in order to (preposition)
giacere: To lie; to recline; to rest (verb)
sotto: Under; beneath; below (preposition)
la: The (feminine singular definite article)
calda: Hot; warm (feminine singular adjective)
erba: Grass; herb (noun)
della: Of the; from the (preposition + article)
occidente: West; western region (noun)
Torneremo: We will return (future tense first person plural)
casa: House; home (noun)
alla: To the; at the (preposition + article)
fine: End; conclusion (noun)
voce: Voice; sound; word (noun)
giunse: Arrived; reached (past tense third person singular)
umana: Human (feminine singular adjective)
ma: But; however; yet (conjunction)
dall: From the (preposition + article, incomplete)
Come: How; as; like (adverb/conjunction)
un: A; an (masculine singular indefinite article)
arrampicato: Climbed; scrambling (past participle)
tra: Between; among; amid (preposition)
Le: The (feminine plural definite article)
nuvole: Clouds (plural noun)
servo: Servant; slave (noun)
capanna: Hut; cabin; shack (noun)
podere: Farm; estate; property (noun)
Che: That; which; who (relative pronoun)
siede: Sits; is seated (third person singular present)
spesso: Often; frequently; thick (adverb/adjective)
accanto: Next to; beside; near (adverb)
al: To the; at the (preposition + article)

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