ITA -- Non avevo mai veduto il mare.
Molte altre cose avevo visto, forse troppe.
Uomini avevo visto, forse troppi.
Ma il mare mai.
E perciò non avevo ancora compreso nulla,
non avevo capito assolutamente nulla.
Come si può capire qualcosa della vita,
e capire a fondo se stessi,
se non lo si è imparato dal mare?
Molte altre cose avevo visto, forse troppe.
Uomini avevo visto, forse troppi.
Ma il mare mai.
E perciò non avevo ancora compreso nulla,
non avevo capito assolutamente nulla.
Come si può capire qualcosa della vita,
e capire a fondo se stessi,
se non lo si è imparato dal mare?
ENG -- I'd never seen the sea before.
Much else had I seen - too much.
I'd seen people - too much of people.
But never the sea.
Therefore I'd never understood anything -
never grasped anything at all.
How should one grasp anything of life -
understand and penetrate men and their lives -
until one has learnt from the sea?
Par Lagerkvist
Much else had I seen - too much.
I'd seen people - too much of people.
But never the sea.
Therefore I'd never understood anything -
never grasped anything at all.
How should one grasp anything of life -
understand and penetrate men and their lives -
until one has learnt from the sea?
Par Lagerkvist
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