English term
riches
I’m not sure about the meaning of the word “riches” in the following poem by Louise Glück. It’s right at the end.
Thank you so much for your help!
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AUBADE
The world was very large. Then
the world was small. O
very small, small enough
to fit in a brain.
It had no color, it was all
interior space: nothing
got in or out. But time
seeped in anyway, that
was the tragic dimension.
I took time very seriously in those years,
if I remember accurately.
A room with a chair, a window.
A small window, filled with the patterns light makes.
In its emptiness the world
was whole always, not
a chip of something, with
the self at the center.
And at the center of the self,
grief I thought I couldn’t survive.
A room with a bed, a table. Flashes
of light on the naked surfaces.
I had two desires: desire
to be safe and desire to feel. As though
the world were making
a decision against white
because it disdained potential
and wanted in its place substance:
panels
of gold where the light struck.
In the window, reddish
leaves of the copper beech tree.
Out of the stasis, facts, objects
blurred or knitted together: somewhere
time stirring, time
crying to be touched, to be
palpable,
the polished wood
shimmering with distinctions–
*** and then I was once more
a child in the presence of riches
and I didn’t know what the riches were made of. ***
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4 +1 | tesoro | Cristina Masetti |
3 | ricchezza | Maria G. Grassi, MA AITI |
Non-PRO (2): Francesco Badolato, martini
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Proposed translations
tesoro
In questo contesto userei "tesoro" per il potere evocativo di "ero ancora una volta un bambino di fronte ad un tesoro" che richiama la descrizione che precede con i suoi detttagli di luce, oro e rame che aiutano a creare l'impressione di qualcosa di prezioso
Grazie mille, Cristina, per il tuo suggerimento! |
ricchezza
https://docshare.tips/vita-nova_5a00181f08bbc57e2c558ff5.htm...
and then I was once more a child in the presence of riches and I didn’t know what the riches were made of.
“y entonces fui una vez más una niña ante la riqueza y no supe en qué consistía la riqueza.”
Non parlo lo spagnolo ma a buon senso mi sembrerebbe “ricchezza”, magari tu stessa o qualche altro collega possono confermare.
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Note added at 35 min (2023-07-18 13:23:16 GMT)
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Ciao haribert, non credo che di per sé ci sia un nesso tra “riches” e la natura.
“Le ricchezze della natura” sarebbe “the riches of nature”, così come “the riches of this forest” è “le ricchezze di questa foresta”.
La definizione stessa che riporti tu dice “An abundance of anything desirable”, quindi può essere letteralmente “anything”, non solo qualcosa di relativo alla natura.
Grazie, Maria, per il tuo contributo! il mio dubbio è se forse "riches" si riferisse alle "ricchezze della natura"...visto che prima parla degli alberi... per "riches" avevo trovato anche questa definizione, che mi aveva fatto pensare a questa soluzione: (figuratively) An abundance of anything desirable. You will enjoy the riches of this forest |
Grazie, Maria, per il tuo parere. Comprendo il tuo punto di vista, solo che, per esempio sul dizionario Hoepli, "riches" viene tradotto anche con "risorse naturali" o "ricchezze naturali" (natural riches)... Non so però quanto sia affidabile... magari proverò a chiedere anche ai colleghi madrelingua... riches: 2 (= natural resources) risorse, ricchezze (naturali) |
Discussion
Secondo voi, cosa potrebbe voler dire "riches" in questa poesia?
Scusate ancora!