l'oggetto misterioso
mistero
La gioia e’ un oggetto misterioso:
una barca vuota
su cui nessuno puo’ salire;
un viaggio brevissimo
che ti riporta,
tuo malgrado,
al punto di partenza;
il premio di una lotteria
guidata dal cieco destino.
Ma forse e' un'altra cosa:
un tesoro, nascosto nel mio profondo,
che io solo posso dissotterrare.
Tra la gioia di ieri
che ricordo
e la gioia di domani
che attendo,
forse c'e’ anche la gioia di oggi
se cerco con occhio semplice
e sapiente.

The mysterious object
joy is a mysterious object:
an empty boat
onto which no one can board;
a brief trip
that takes you back,
despite your will,
to the point of departure;
the prize of a lottery
driven from the blind destiny.
onto which no one can board;
a brief trip
that takes you back,
despite your will,
to the point of departure;
the prize of a lottery
driven from the blind destiny.
But it perhaps is an other thing:
a treasure, hidden deep inside me,
that I alone could exhume.
that I alone could exhume.
Between the joy of yesterday
that I remember
and the joy of tomorrow
that I wait for,
perhaps there is also the joy of today
if I look for with simple
and learned eye.
and the joy of tomorrow
that I wait for,
perhaps there is also the joy of today
if I look for with simple
and learned eye.