LA SOGLIA
“Se pareba boves
alba pratalia araba
albo versorio teneba
negro semen seminaba”
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Spingeva avanti i buoi (le dita)
solcava arando un campo bianco (la carta)
e teneva un bianco aratro (la penna d'oca)
e seminava nero seme (l'inchiostro)
He led oxen in front of him (the fingers)
He ploughed a white field (the paper)
He held a white plough (the quill)
He sowed a black seed (the ink)
He ploughed a white field (the paper)
He held a white plough (the quill)
He sowed a black seed (the ink)