La Voce di Mia Madre
- Pasquale Puleo

- Feb 17, 2025
- 2 min read
La Voce di Mia Madre
Non ricordo la mia voce
Ma ricordo quella di mia madre
Non ricordo come sono nato
Ma ricordo di essere stato ‘la prima cosa bella’
Non ricordo la mia malattia
Ma ricordo la tenerezza di mia madre
Non ricordo come ho imparato ad amare
Ma ricordo ‘vattinni babbu, jo accucciu a mamma’
Non ricordo gli insulti degli amici
Ma ricordo l’incoraggiamento di mia madre
Non ricordo come ho appreso a vivere
Ma ricordo ‘prima il dovere, poi il piacere’
Non ricordo come ho sofferto
Ma ricordo gli urli dolorosi di mia madre
Non ricordo come sono stato felice
Ma ricordo il viso soddisfatto di madre
Ricordo la voce di mia madre
Sempre lontana ma presente
Quando sono birichino
Ricordo la voce di mia madre
Onnipotente come Dio
Quando sono intimorito
Ricordo la voce di mia madre
Invisibile e intellegibile
Quando sono Pasqualino
Ricordo la voce di mia madre
Dal paradosso cosmico del Paradiso
Quando il sogno diventa realtà
Corrono i miei ricordi
Scappano i miei pensieri
Ricordano le mie parole
La voce di mia madre
Le mie parole
Non sono la mia voce
Ma ricordano i sentimenti
Di una vita senza fine
Una fine senza la mia voce

My Mother’s Voice
I don’t recall my voice
But I remember my mother’s
I don’t recall how I was born
But I remember being ‘the most beautiful thing’
I don’t recall my illness
But I remember my mother’s tenderness
I don’t recall how I learned to love
But I remember, ‘Go away silly, I’ll cuddle with Mom’
I don’t recall my friends’ insults
But I remember my mother’s encouragement
I don’t recall how I learned to live
But I remember ‘duty first, then pleasure’
I don’t recall how I suffered
But I remember my mother’s painful screams
I don’t recall how I was happy
But I remember my mother’s satisfied face
I remember my mother’s voice,
Always distant but present
When I’m naughty
I remember my mother’s voice
Omnipotent like God
When I’m scared
I remember my mother’s voice,
Invisible and intelligible
When I’m Pasqualino
I remember my mother’s voice
From the cosmic paradox of Paradise
When the dream becomes reality
My memories run
My thoughts escape
My words remember
My mother’s voice
My words
Are not my voice
But they remember the feelings
Of a life without end
An end without my voice








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