In paths untrodden – Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Calamus – 1855 – translated from English into Spanish and Italian by Enzo Martinelli © 2021 – Enzo Martinelli In paths untrodden,In the growth by margins of pond-waters,Escaped from the life that exhibits itself,From all the standards hitherto publish’d, from the pleasures, profits, conformities,Which too long I was offering to feed my soul,Clear to … Continue reading In Paths Untrodden, by Whitman 🌿🖋📖
In occasione del 202° anniversario della nascita – 31/5/1819 Walt Whitman è stato un poeta americano e un umanista. È considerato uno dei poeti più influenti degli Stati Uniti. La sua poesia era un riflesso dei suoi pensieri e sentimenti sulla democrazia, la natura, la sessualità, la morte e molti altri argomenti. Nato a New York nel 1819, Walt Whitman è riconosciuto tra i poeti … Continue reading Walt Whitman 🇺🇸✒️🇮🇹
Read Walt Whitman’s ‘To a Stranger’ from Leaves of Grass (Calamus, 1855) in English, with Italian and Spanish translations by Enzo Martinelli. Continue reading To a stranger, by Walt Whitman – English, with Italian and Spanish translations
This post presents three new verse translations of Walt Whitman’s lyric poem “This Moment Yearning and Thoughtful” (1860), from Leaves of Grass — Calamus, rendered into Italian, Spanish, and French. Each translation, curated by Enzo Martinelli, attends closely to Whitman’s elegiac tone and his meditation on distant peoples and shared humanity, offering readers a comparative view of the poem across three Romance languages. Continue reading This Moment Yearning and Thoughtful, by Walt Whitman 🌿🖋📖
Not heaving from my ribb’d breast only – Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Calamus – 1855 – translated from English into Italian by Enzo Martinelli ©️ 2020 Enzo Martinelli Not heaving from my ribb’d breast only, Not in sighs at night in rage dissatisfied with myself, Not in those long-drawn, ill-supprest sighs, Not in many an oath and promise broken, Not in my … Continue reading Not heaving, by Whitman 🌿🖋📖
Trickle Drops! – Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Calamus – 1855 – translated from English into Italian by Enzo Martinelli ©️ 2020 Enzo Martinelli Trickle drops! my blue veins leaving! O drops of me! trickle, slow drops, Candid from me falling, drip, bleeding drops, From wounds made to free you whence you were prison’d, From my face, from my forehead and lips, From … Continue reading Trickle Drops! by Whitman 🌿🖋📖
Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Calamus – 1855 – translated from English into Italian by Enzo Martinelli © Enzo Martinelli 2020 Not heat flames up and consumes, Not sea-waves hurry in and out, Not the air delicious and dry, the air of ripe summer, bears lightly along white down-balls of myriads of seeds, Waited, sailing gracefully, to drop where they may; Not these, … Continue reading Not Heat Flames Up and Consumes, by Whitman 🌿🖋📖
Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Calamus – 1855 – translated from English into Spanish and Italian by Enzo Martinelli © Enzo Martinelli 2020 Roots and leaves themselves alone are these, Scents brought to men and women from the wild woods and pond-side, Breast-sorrel and pinks of love, fingers that wind around tighter than vines, Gushes from the throats of birds hid in the … Continue reading Roots and Leaves Themselves Alone, by Whitman 🌿🖋📖
Celebrating the 201st anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth, born in New York on 31/5/1819 Walt Whitman was an American poet and a humanist. He is considered one of the most influential poets in the United States. His poetry was a reflection of his thoughts and feelings about democracy, nature, sexuality, death, and other topics. Born in New York in 1819, Walt Whitman is acknowledged among … Continue reading Walt Whitman 🇺🇸✒️🌿
Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Calamus – 1855 – translated from English into Spanish and Italian by Enzo Martinelli ©️ Enzo Martinelli 2019 Are you the new person drawn toward me? To begin with take warning, I am surely far different from what you suppose; Do you suppose you will find in me your ideal? Do you think it so easy to have … Continue reading Are You the New Person, by Whitman 🌿🖋📖
