14 October 2024

Ponte Pietra across the Adige River in Verona (Italy)

I’d like to sing of Verona, at some point
in the night, when the moon rises:
when the woods that sleep but seem to run
in the dreams of boats following their fortune
behind the waters of the Adige, which goes
seeking for countries and cities…
And when all the whisper is over
mirror it down in the Adige, from the bridges,
and fix it myself, wall by wall,
strong in the circle of the mountains…

Berto Barbarini