Se avessi il drappo ricamato del cielo,
intessuto dell’oro e dell’argento e della luce,
i drappi dai colori chiari e scuri del giorno e della notte
dai mezzi colori dell’alba e del tramonto,
stenderei quei drappi sotto i tuoi piedi:
invece, essendo povero, ho soltanto i sogni;
e i miei sogni ho steso sotto i tuoi piedi;
cammina leggera, perché cammini sui miei sogni.
HAD I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
William B. Yeats (1899), da Il vento tra le canne
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