Long live the Rebels!

 

A wonderful poem by the Italian poet Abner Rossi, (1908 - 1987) that was perfectly translated by Google without the need of  retouches! Google for poetry, a weird concept. But it is the way things are, so, thanks Google! And this little poem helps us move away from the mephitic air of the so-called "debate" that is overwhelming us with hatred, terror, and lies. Art and poetry are not dead and they can still make us fly in the sky to breathe pure air. Above, Mark Chagall with a painting from 1918. (h/t Olga Milanese)

 

Long live the rebels.
Long and bright life to the rebels,
to the lunatic gods of nature,
to the uncontaminated dreams,
to the great loves that happened by chance
and that by chance do not find the end.
 
Long and radiant life for the rebels
to women and men without compromise,
to plants, to the earth, to fatigue,
to my animals, to all hopes,
to everything I see and like.
 
Long and bright life to the rebels,
to those who pursue a goal with passion,
to those who fight against selfishness,
to those who do not think they are special,
to those who reflect before speaking.
 
Long and bright life to the rebels,
to words that are mistreated
and to those who have been abandoned,
to the times, to the ways, to the conjugations,
to the many books that have been written
to those of yesterday, today, tomorrow.
 
Long and bright life to the rebels,
to those who feel outside the box,
to those who do not sell lies and emotions,
to those who try to live every day
without savings, without addictions.
 
Long and bright life for the rebels!
Sometimes they are strange characters,
but they are the ones who write history.
 
Abner Rossi

 

Lunga vita ai ribelli.

Lunga e radiosa vita ai ribelli,

ai lunatici dei della natura,

ai sogni non contaminati,

ai grandi amori capitati a caso

e che per caso non trovano la fine.

 

Lunga e radiosa vita ai ribelli

alle donne e agli uomini senza compromessi,

alle piante, alla terra, alla fatica,

ai miei animali, a tutte le speranze,

a tutto ciò che vedo e che mi piace.

 

Lunga e radiosa vita ai ribelli,

a chi persegue uno scopo con passione,

a chi si batte contro l’egoismo,

a chi non crede di essere speciale,

a chi riflette prima di parlare.

 

Lunga e radiosa vita ai ribelli,

alle parole che sono maltrattate

e a quelle che sono state abbandonate,

ai tempi, ai modi, alle coniugazioni,

ai tanti libri che sono stati scritti

a quelli di ieri, di oggi, di domani.

 

Lunga e radiosa vita ai ribelli,

a chi si sente fuori dagli schemi,

a chi non spaccia menzogne ed emozioni,

a chi prova a vivere ogni giorno

senza risparmio, senza assuefazioni.

 

Lunga e radiosa vita ai ribelli!

A volte sono strani personaggi,

ma sono loro che scrivono la storia."

 

Abner Rossi