Não sei quantas almas tenho, by Fernando Pessoa – from Novas Poesias Inéditas, 1973 – translated into English and Italian by Enzo Martinelli © 2025 Enzo Martinelli Não sei quantas almas tenho.Cada momento mudei.Continuamente me estranho.Nunca me vi nem achei.De tanto ser, só tenho alma.Quem tem alma não tem calma.Quem vê é só o que vê,Quem sente não é quem é,Atento ao que sou e … Continue reading Não sei quantas almas tenho, by Pessoa 📃🖋🇵🇹
A Long Way to Cork – from the short story collection “Triangles of Life” – by Henry Lawson – translated from English 🇦🇺 into Italian 🇮🇹 by Enzo Martinelli © 2025 Enzo Martinelli “Triangles of Life” is a poignant collection of short stories by Henry Lawson, one of Australia’s most celebrated writers. Published in the early 20th century, this anthology captures the essence of life … Continue reading A Long Way to Cork, by Henry Lawson 🖋📓🇦🇺
English translation by Enzo Martinelli of Pirandello’s short story, La mosca – The Fly, from his collection Short Stories for a Year. Continue reading The Fly, by Luigi Pirandello ✒️📃🇮🇹
Mouvement – Les Illuminations – Arthur Rimbaud – 1873 – with translations from 🇫🇷 French into 🇬🇧 English and 🇮🇹 Italian by Enzo Martinelli © 2025 Enzo Martinelli Le mouvement de lacet sur la berge des chutes du fleuve,Le gouffre à l’étambotLa célérité de la rampe,L’énorme passade du courantMènent par les lumières inouïesEt la nouveauté chimiqueLes voyageurs entourés des trombes du valEt du strom.Ce sont … Continue reading Mouvement, de Rimbaud 💡✒️🇫🇷
English translation by Enzo Martinelli of Machado de Assis’s short story, “A chinela turca – The Turkish Slipper”, from his short story collection “Papeis avulsos – Single stories”. Included also original version in Portuguese.
Tradução em inglês por Enzo Martinelli do conto de Machado de Assis, “A chinela turca – The Turkish Slipper”, de sua coleção de contos “Papeis avulsos – Single stories ”. Também está incluída a versão original em português. Continue reading The Turkish Slipper, by Machado de Assis ✒️📃🇧🇷
Calm Sea Bonaccia – from the short story collection “Summer Sun”, by Grazia Deledda, 1933 Translated into English by Enzo Martinelli ©️ 2025 – Enzo Martinelli Even gales are good for the poor. The sea, like a rabid master who forces his servant to make a good house-cleaning, throws ashore all the debris that does not please him: and this rubbish forms the wealth of … Continue reading Calm Sea, by Grazia Deledda
El solitario – de Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte, de Horacio Quiroga – 1917 – Translated from Spanish 🇪🇸 into English 🏴 by Enzo Martinelli – Stories of Love, Madness and Death ©️ Enzo Martinelli 2025 Kassim was a sickly man, a jeweller by profession, even if he did not have an established shop. He worked for the great houses, his speciality … Continue reading Solitaire, by Horacio Quiroga
Casida de la rosa – Divan del Tamarit – Federico García Lorca – 1936 – with translation from Spanish 🇪🇸 into English 🇬🇧 and Italian 🇮🇹 by Enzo Martinelli © 2025 Enzo Martinelli La rosano buscaba la aurora:casi eterna en su ramo,buscaba otra cosa.La rosa,no buscaba ni ciencia ni sombra:confín de carne y sueño,buscaba otra cosa.La rosa,no buscaba la rosa.Inmóvil por el cielobuscaba otra cosa. … Continue reading Casida de la rosa, de García Lorca ✒️📃🇪🇸
One hour to madness and joy – Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Children of Adam – 1892 – translated from English into Spanish 🇪🇸 and Italian 🇮🇹 by Enzo Martinelli © 2025 Enzo Martinelli One hour to madness and joy! O furious! O confine me not!(What is this that frees me so in storms?What do my shouts amid lightnings and raging winds mean?)O … Continue reading One hour to madness and joy, by Whitman 🌿🖋📖
Il faut, voyez-vous, nous pardonner les choses – Romances sans paroles – Paul Verlaine – 1874 – with translations from 🇫🇷 French into 🇬🇧 English and 🇮🇹 Italian by Enzo Martinelli © 2025 Enzo Martinelli Il faut, voyez-vous, nous pardonner les chosesDe cette façon nous serons bien heureusesEt si notre vie a des instants moroses,Du moins nous serons, n’est-ce pas ? deux pleureuses.Ô que nous … Continue reading Il faut, voyez-vous, nous pardonner les choses, de Verlaine 🌊✒️🇫🇷
