La Bicicletta
- Pasquale Puleo
- Nov 5, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 8
La bicicletta
Sale e scende dalle colline
E non si stanca mai
Parte prima dei contadini
E ritorna dopo sera
Si bagna sotto la pioggia
Ma ritorna a pedalare
Porta il timore
Ma anche l’amore
Arrugginita
Sembra rotta
Ma ritorna a girare
Saldata
Sembra vecchia
Ma sopporta
Il peso di mio padre
Anzi mi prende
E mi fa’ volare
Compagna inseparabile
Nel vuoto del tempo
It goes up and down the hills
And never gets tired
Leaves before the farmers
And returns after the night
It gets wet in the rain
But goes back to pedaling
Brings fear
But also tenderness
Rusty
Looks broken
But starts spinning again
Welded
Looks old
But bears
My father’s weight
It gets me
To fly
Inseparable companion
In timeless void
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