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Lirica

Chapter 10: RITORNO.
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A collection of lyrical poems voiced by a young speaker who explores love, desire, identity, and destiny through intimate confessions, prophetic scenes, and religious meditation. Varied moods alternate between passionate eroticism, ironic cosmopolitan self-definition, and moral or spiritual yearning; poems address betrayal, longing, the feminine sensibility, cultural displacement, and imaginative escape. Imagery ranges from quotidian domestic details to visionary religious tableaux, while the voice shifts between defiant proclamations, tender supplication, and ironic critique of convention. The poems blend musical lines and vivid color to present a candid, emotionally intense survey of inner life and poetic ambition.

RITORNO.

Oh, come t'ha baciato in viso il sole!

Come sei bruno e forte e grande e bello!

Come hai teneri gli occhi e le parole,

O mio fratello!

L'assenza tua mi rese lungo il giorno.

Come fu desolante il nostro addio!

E come benedico il tuo ritorno.

Amico mio!

Guarda: mi vengo a mettere in ginocchi:

Vorrei posar la testa sul tuo petto,

Così, senza parlar, e chiuder gli occhi,

O mio diletto!

Son sola al mondo, tutta sola ormai.

Ed io non voglio che tu vada via!

Senti.... non mi baciasti ancora mai,

Anima mia! —