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"Ha detto che avrebbe ballato con me se avessi portato le sue rose rosse"
"She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses"
"ma in tutto il mio giardino non c'è una rosa rossa" gridò il giovane studente
"but in all my garden there is no red rose" cried the young Student
Dal suo nido nel leccio l'usignolo lo udì
from her nest in the holm-oak tree the nightingale heard him
e guardò attraverso le foglie, e si meravigliò
and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered
"Nessuna rosa rossa in tutto il mio giardino!" gridò.
"No red rose in all my garden!" he cried
e i suoi bellissimi occhi pieni di lacrime
and his beautiful eyes filled with tears
"Da quali piccole cose dipende la felicità!"
"On what little things does happiness depend!"
About the author
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, poet, and novelist, known for his biting wit, defense of aesthetics, and defiance of social conventions. The author of celebrated comedies, including The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, and the iconic novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, at the height of his fame he was sentenced to two years' hard labor for "gross indecency" with men. He died penniless in Paris three years after his release from prison. He ranks among the most celebrated writers in English literature.
