How does night fall here (Come scende la sera qui) - di Fabrizio Falconi.

How does night fall here,

you ask me as you count the flies

blocked by the storm:

it falls like rope, like

an acrobat with golden feet

it falls.

traslated by David Lummus

Come scende la sera qui,

mi chiedi contando le mosche

bloccate dal temporale:

scende come fune, come

acrobata dai piedi d’oro,

scende.

Fabrizio Falconi, in Tri-Quarterly 127/2007.