Translation into English and critical analysis by Enzo Martinelli of the poem by Fernando Pessoa “Quando vier a Primavera – When Spring comes”, written under the heteronym Alberto Caeiro. Continue reading When Spring Comes, by Alberto Caeiro 🇵🇹📃🏴
Gacela de la raíz amarga – Divan del Tamarit – Federico García Lorca – 1936 – with translation from Spanish 🇪🇸 into English 🇬🇧 and Italian 🇮🇹 by Enzo Martinelli © 2024 Enzo Martinelli Hay una raíz amargay un mundo de mil terrazas.Ni la mano más pequeñaquiebra la puerta del agua.¿Dónde vas, adónde, dónde?Hay un cielo de mil ventanas-batalla de abejas lívidas-y hay una raíz … Continue reading Gacela de la raíz amarga, de García Lorca ✒️📃🇪🇸
Hitting the mark Distrazione – From the collection “Naked Life” of 1922 – in Short Stories for a Year by Luigi Pirandello Translated into English by Enzo Martinelli ©️ 2024 – Enzo Martinelli Black amidst the dusty glare of a breathless August sun, a third-class hearse stopped in front of the pulled-up door of a new house on one of Rome’s many new streets, in … Continue reading Distraction, by Luigi Pirandello
Vie III – Les Illuminations – Arthur Rimbaud – 1873 – with translations from 🇫🇷 French into 🇬🇧 English and 🇮🇹 Italian by Enzo Martinelli © 2024 Enzo Martinelli Dans un grenier, où je fus enfermé à douze ans, j’ai connu le monde, j’ai illustré la comédie humaine. Dans un cellier j’ai appris l’histoire. À quelque fête de nuit, dans une cité du Nord, j’ai … Continue reading Vies III, de Rimbaud 💡✒️🇫🇷
Translation into English by Enzo Martinelli of the short story “La tortuga gigante” – “The Giant Turtle”, from Horacio Quiroga short story collection “Cuentos de la selva” – Jungle Tales, alongside the original text in Spanish.
Traducción al inglés por Enzo Martinelli del cuento “La tortuga gigante” – “The Giant Turtle”, de la colección de cuentos de Horacio Quiroga “Cuentos de la selva” – Jungle Tales, junto con el texto original en español. Continue reading The Giant Turtle, by Horacio Quiroga 🐢
Short story by Virginia Woolf, “The Mark on the Wall”, presented in original version in English and in Italian translation curated by Enzo Martinelli. Continue reading The Mark on the Wall, by Virginia Woolf 🖋🟢🔵
Prefiro rosas, meu amor, à pátria, by Fernando Pessoa, under the heteronym of Ricardo Reis- from Poemas de Ricardo Reis – translated into English and Italian by Enzo Martinelli © 2024 Enzo Martinelli Segue o teu destino,Rega as tuas plantas,Ama as tuas rosas.O resto é a sombraDe árvores alheias.A realidadeSempre é mais ou menosDo que nós queremos.Só nós somos sempreIguais a nós-próprios.Suave é viver só.Grande … Continue reading Segue o teu destino, de Pessoa 📃🖋🇵🇹
For the past five years, I have immersed myself in the intricate and rewarding task of translating the works of some of the greatest classical writers of world literature. My journey has been both a labor of love and a deep dive into the cultural and emotional depths of their texts. Today, I want to share with you my experiences and insights from translating the … Continue reading Translated Literature 📃➡️🏴
Kosmos – Walt Whitman – Autumn Rivulets – 1892 – translated from English into Spanish 🇪🇸 and Italian 🇮🇹 by Enzo Martinelli © 2024 Enzo Martinelli WHO includes diversity and is Nature,Who is the amplitude of the earth, and the coarseness and sexuality of the earth, and the great charity of the earth, and the equilibrium also,Who has not look’d forth from the windows the … Continue reading Kosmos, by Whitman 🌿🖋📖
Je devine, à travers un murmure – Romances sans paroles – Paul Verlaine – 1874 – with translations from French into 🇬🇧 English and 🇮🇹 Italian by Enzo Martinelli © 2024 Enzo Martinelli Je devine, à travers un murmure,Le contour subtil des voix anciennesEt dans les lueurs musiciennes,Amour pâle, une aurore future !Et mon âme et mon cœur en déliresNe sont plus qu’une espèce d’œil … Continue reading Je devine, à travers un murmure, de Verlaine 🌊✒️🇫🇷
