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Miramar Miramare, a le tue bianche torri O Miramare, contro i tuoi graniti Meste ne l'ombra de le nubi a' golfi e tutte il mare spinge le mugghianti e tona il cielo a Nabresina lungo Deh come tutto sorridea quel dolce A lui dal volto placida raggiava Addio, castello pe' felici giorni Lascian le sale con accesa speme de le animose tavole: una sfinge Oh non d'amore e d'avventura il canto vien da la trista punta di Salvore - Ahi! mal tu sali sopra il mare
nostro, Vedi la sfinge tramutar sembiante Č il teschio mózzo contro te
ghignante Tra boschi immani d'agavi non mai per la tenčbra tropicale, il dio Quant'č che aspetto! La ferocia bianca Non io gl'infami avoli tuoi di tabe e a la grand'alma di Guatimozino |
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The Italian poet, critic, and teacher Giosuč Carducci is generally regarded as the greatest Italian poet of the late 19th century. He was born in Val di Castello, Tuscany (Toscana), and educated at the University of Pisa. From 1860 to 1904 he was professor of Italian literature at the University of Bologna. Carducci was opposed to the papacy, the monarchy, and the romantic sentimentalism that dominated Italian literature at the time. He advocated a return to the pagan spirit in religion and a revival of the classical spirit and forms in literature. As a young man he frequently expressed his radical ideas in his poetry, but in his later years his writing became less polemical. He was the first to adapt successfully classical Latin meters to modern Italian verse. In 1906 Carducci became the first Italian to receive the Nobel Prize for literature. Among his best works are New Rhymes (1861-87; trans. 1916), Odi Barbare (Pagan Odes), 1877-89 trans. 1950, and Lyrics and Rhythms, 1899; trans. 1942. |
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This page courtesy of Franco G. Aitala, Marisa Ciceran and Alida Gasperini
Created: Sunday, May 7, 2000; Last updated:
01 September, 2007
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Giosuč Carducci
(1835-1907)