by
Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Sleeping
Language: English
Available translation(s): GER ITA
A long, long sleep, a famous sleep
That makes no show for dawn
By stretch of limb or stir of lid, --
An independent one.
Was ever idleness like this?
Within a hut of stone
To bask the centuries away
Nor once look up for noon?
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Schlafen", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Un lungo, lungo sonno", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 45
Un lungo, lungo sonno
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the English
Un lungo, lungo sonno, un sonno sontuoso
Che mai farà mostra di aurore,
con sbatter di palpebre o stirarsi di membra --
Ad ogni cosa straniero.
Vi fu mai inerzia più grande?
Protetti da una stanza di pietra
Godersi il passare dei secoli
Senza uno sguardo per i meriggi lassù?
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- Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2008 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 49