Disponibile ora in italiano: Il diario da Gaza, la testimonianza di Amira Atiya Abu Al-Husain su due anni di sfollamento, fame e violenza a Gaza. Una voce diretta, ora anche per i lettori italiani. Continue reading Il diario da Gaza: un barlume di speranza tra le macerie
“Gacela del amor con cien años” — the Gacela of Love with a Hundred Years — is one of the most urgently lyrical poems in Federico García Lorca’s Dívan del Tamarit, the Arabic-Andalusian collection he completed in 1934 and never saw published. It is a poem about the absolute persistence of love: a passion so elemental that neither walls, nor distance, nor the weight of a century can contain it. The poem moves with the breathless forward pressure that defines Lorca’s mature gacelas — anaphoric, accumulative, driven by a symbolic logic of blood, water, and unstoppable desire.
This post presents the poem in all three of its languages: the original Spanish, a new English translation, and a new Italian translation, both by Enzo Martinelli for Blue Phoenix Editions. The trilingual facing-page format allows readers to trace Lorca’s imagery across languages — and to see, line by line, the choices every translation entails.
Read the poem — and the translator’s note on the decisions behind it. Continue reading Gacela del amor con cien años, de García Lorca ✒️📃🇪🇸
“Spontaneous Me” is one of Walt Whitman’s most daring and sensual poems, taken from the “Children of Adam” section of Leaves of Grass. A hymn to the instinctive nature of human desire and its connection with the natural world. In this article you will find the original text in English, along with the translations into Italian and Spanish, with a reflection on the bodily and naturalistic language that made Whitman so revolutionary for his time.
“Spontaneous Me” è una delle poesie più audaci e sensuali di Walt Whitman, tratta dalla sezione “Children of Adam” di Leaves of Grass. Un inno alla natura istintiva del desiderio umano e alla sua connessione con il mondo naturale. In questo articolo trovate il testo originale in inglese, insieme alle traduzioni in italiano e spagnolo, con una riflessione sul linguaggio corporeo e naturalistico che rese Whitman così rivoluzionario per il suo tempo. Continue reading Spontaneous me, by Walt Whitman 🌿🖋📖
“Il poeta parla al telefono con il suo amore”, poesia di Federico García Lorca, dalla sua raccolta di poesie “Sonetti dell’amor oscuro” presentata in versione originale in spagnolo e in traduzione in italiano, con note critiche a cura di Enzo Martinelli. Continue reading Il poeta parla al telefono con il suo amore, di Federico García Lorca 🇪🇸➡️🇮🇹
“As Consequent, etc.” is a little-known praise by Walt Whitman to the river as a metaphor for life and poetry itself. In this article you will find the original text in English flanked by Italian and Spanish translations, with a brief comment on the symbolic meaning of water in Whitman’s work and the challenges of making his verse free in other languages. Continue reading As consequent, by Walt Whitman 🌿🖋📖
“The Young King” by Oscar Wilde is one of the most luminous tales from A House of Pomegranates (1891), blending aesthetic beauty with deep moral reflection. In this introduction, you’ll find a clear, reader‑friendly overview of the story’s themes, symbolism, and narrative arc — followed by the original English text and Enzo Martinelli’s translation in Italian of the short story.
Wilde’s tale follows a sixteen‑year‑old boy raised in poverty who suddenly discovers he is heir to the throne. On the eve of his coronation, he confronts three haunting visions that reveal the suffering behind the luxurious robe, crown, and sceptre prepared for him. These dreams transform his understanding of beauty, power, and compassion, leading to one of Wilde’s most striking moral reversals. Continue reading The Young King, by Oscar Wilde 🌿🖋📖
“Spleen”, poem by Paul Verlain, from his poetry collection “Romances sans paroles – Ballads without words” presented in original version in French and in translation into English and Italian curated by Enzo Martinelli. Continue reading Spleen, de Paul Verlaine 🌊✒️🇫🇷
Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine (1941–1995): vita e opera del grande scrittore marocchino, voce fondatrice della rivista Souffles e autore de «Il cavamorti», ora in prima edizione italiana per Blue Phoenix Editions. Presentato con una recensione di Enzo Martinelli. Continue reading Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine: il poeta che bruciava le parole
Tabacaria, by Fernando Pessoa, written under the heteronym Alvaro da Campos, presented in original version in Portuguese and in translation into English and Italian by Enzo Martinelli. Continue reading Tabacaria, por Fernando Pessoa 📃🖋🇵🇹
Poem by Arthur Rimbaud from his poetry collection “Illuminations”, – Bottom – presented in its original version in French and in translation into English, Italian and Spanish, curated by Enzo Martinelli. Continue reading Bottom, de Arthur Rimbaud 💡✒️🇫🇷
