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martedì 1 ottobre 2013

Ρωτούσε για την ποιότητα He Asked about the Quality





Ρωτούσε για την ποιότητα—Αναγνωρισμένα
Εκτύπωση
Aπ’ το γραφείον όπου είχε προσληφθεί
σε θέσι ασήμαντη και φθηνοπληρωμένη
(ώς οκτώ λίρες το μηνιάτικό του: με τα τυχερά)
βγήκε σαν τέλεψεν η έρημη δουλειά
που όλο το απόγευμα ήταν σκυμένος:
βγήκεν η ώρα επτά, και περπατούσε αργά
και χάζευε στον δρόμο.— Έμορφος·
κ’ ενδιαφέρων: έτσι που έδειχνε φθασμένος
στην πλήρη του αισθησιακήν απόδοσι.
Τα είκοσι εννιά, τον περασμένο μήνα τα είχε κλείσει.

Εχάζευε στον δρόμο, και στες πτωχικές
παρόδους που οδηγούσαν προς την κατοικία του.

Περνώντας εμπρός σ’ ένα μαγαζί μικρό
όπου πουλιούνταν κάτι πράγματα
ψεύτικα και φθηνά για εργατικούς,
είδ’ εκεί μέσα ένα πρόσωπο, είδε μια μορφή
όπου τον έσπρωξαν και εισήλθε, και ζητούσε
τάχα να δει χρωματιστά μαντήλια.

Pωτούσε για την ποιότητα των μαντηλιών
και τι κοστίζουν με φωνή πνιγμένη,
σχεδόν σβυσμένη απ’ την επιθυμία.
Κι ανάλογα ήλθαν η απαντήσεις,
αφηρημένες, με φωνή χαμηλωμένη,
με υπολανθάνουσα συναίνεσι.

Όλο και κάτι έλεγαν για την πραγμάτεια — αλλά
μόνος σκοπός: τα χέρια των ν’ αγγίζουν
επάνω απ’ τα μαντήλια· να πλησιάζουν
τα πρόσωπα, τα χείλη σαν τυχαίως·
μια στιγμιαία στα μέλη επαφή.

Γρήγορα και κρυφά, για να μη νοιώσει
ο καταστηματάρχης που στο βάθος κάθονταν.
(Από τα Ποιήματα 1897-1933, Ίκαρος 1984)



 SI INFORMAVA SULLA QUALITÀ  

Costantinos Kavafis
Dall’ufficio, dove si era impiegato
– un posto da poco e mal retribuito
(sulle otto lire al mese, con gli straordinari) –
uscì appena finito quel lavoro squallido
che lo teneva piegato tutto il pomeriggio;
uscì alle sette e prese a camminare,
senza fretta, indugiando per strada. – Era
bello, un tipo interessante: dava l’impressione
netta d’essere nel pieno della maturità dei sensi.
Si attardava per strada, per quei vicoli
miserabili che portavano a casa sua.
Passando davanti ad un negozietto
dove si vendeva merce
dozzinale e di poco prezzo, roba da operai,
scorse lì dentro un viso, una figura
che lo spinse a entrare, fingendo
di voler vedere fazzoletti colorati.

Si informava sulla qualità dei fazzoletti
e sul prezzo, con voce soffocata,
quasi spenta per il desiderio.
Tali anche le risposte,
sbadate, appena sussurrate,
con sottintesa complicità.
E continuavano a discutere della merce –
ma solo per sfiorarsi le mani
sopra i fazzoletti, per accostare
i visi e le labbra, come per caso:
un fulmineo contatto di corpi.
Lesti e furtivi, prima che s’accorgesse
il padrone, seduto in fondo al magazzino.


(Tratto da Costantinos Kavafis – Poesie, Fabbri editori, Milano, 1993, a cura di Tino Sangiglio)


He Asked about the QualityThe Canon
Print
He left the office where he’d taken up
a trivial, poorly paid job
(eight pounds a month, including bonuses)—
left at the end of the dreary work
that kept him bent all afternoon,
came out at seven and walked off slowly,
idling his way down the street. Good-looking;
and interesting: showing as he did that he’d reached
his full sensual capacity.
He’d turned twenty-nine the month before.

He idled his way down the main street
and the poor side-streets that led to his home.

Passing in front of a small shop
that sold cheap and flimsy things for workers,
he saw a face inside there, saw a figure
that compelled him to go in, and he pretended
he wanted to look at some colored handkerchiefs.

He asked about the quality of the handkerchiefs
and how much they cost, his voice choking,
almost silenced by desire.
And the answers came back the same way,
distracted, the voice hushed,
offering hidden consent.

They kept on talking about the merchandise—but
the only purpose: that their hands might touch
over the handkerchiefs, that their faces, their lips,
might move close together as though by chance—
a moment’s meeting of limb against limb.

Quickly, secretly, so the shopowner sitting at the back
wouldn’t realize what was going on.
Translated by Edmund Keeley/Philip Sherrard
(C.P. Cavafy, Collected Poems. Translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. Edited by George Savidis. Revised Edition. Princeton University Press, 1992)

mercoledì 25 settembre 2013

Lost Time Il Tempo Perso Le temps perdu JACQUES PRÉVERT


Il Tempo Perso

Sulla porta dell'officina
d'improvviso si ferma l'operaio
la bella giornata l'ha tirato per la giacca
e non appena volta lo sguardo
per osservare il sole
tutto rosso tutto tondo
sorridente nel suo cielo di piombo
fa l'occhiolino
familiarmente
Dimmi dunque compagno Sole
davvero non ti sembra
che sia un po' da coglione
regalare una giornata come questa
ad un padrone?


SOLE ROSSO *RED  SUN* - Giovanni Frangi






Le temps perdu

Devant la porte de l'usine
le travailleur soudain s'arrête
le beau temps l'a tiré par la veste
et comme il se retourne
et regarde le soleil
tout rouge tout rond
souriant dans son ciel de plomb
il cligne de l'oeil
familièrement
Dis donc camarade Soleil
tu ne trouves pas
que c'est plutôt con
de donner une journée pareille
à un patron?

Lost Time

Before the factory gate
the worker suddenly stops
the good weather has tugged him by the coat
and as he turns round
and looks at the sun
all red all round
smiling in its burning sky
he winks his eye
familiarly
Say my friend Sun
don't you find
it's rather stupid
to give such a day
to a boss?