Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Yellow...








Yellow flowers on a street wall in Urtijëi / St. Ulrich / Ortisei - Gardena Valley.


According to the 2011 census, 84.19% of the population speaks Ladin,
9.30% German and 6.51% Italian as first language


Poem in Ladin language by Roland Verra, read the translation below.

La sajon spënj
de nueva ansciudes

i popui sua de reja
sula rames desnudes

y l vënt me sesurea
stories mei audides

ma mpo uet
ie mi cuer...

**********

The season is breeding
a new springtime

the blossoms sweat with pitch
on the naked branches

and the wind is murmuring
unheard-of-stories to me

but nonetheless
my heart is empty...


13 comments:

orvokki said...

Wauu ... lovely yellow flowers. This is a great idea to grow flowers in the wall - beautiful.

Revrunner said...

I don't know what kind of flowers these are, but they're beautiful.

VP said...

Thanks for the precious poem, you know I am curious about Ladin, and for the lovely flowers!

Lowell said...

Gorgeous flowers, but how do they grow through the wall. I've got weeds growing in cracks in my driveway - I keep poisoning them but they come back in no time at all.

Love the poem. I've got a book of poetry coming out in a few weeks. Hope you'll consider buying it.

Taken For Granted said...

I don't recognize those hearty plants on that wall, but they are beautiful. Is the Ladin language derived from Latin?

Sharon said...

I love the flowers growing out to the wall. And, I learned something new from this post. I had never heard of the Ladin language so I looked it up. How interesting!

William Kendall said...

How on earth do they grow out of the wall?

Halcyon said...

How lovely to have flowers growing right out of the wall! :)
I guess you speak Ladin?

Karl said...

Yes, I do. It is my mother language.

Karl said...

Yes, partially.

RedPat said...

That is wonderful the way the flowers grow from the wall, Karl!
I see a flavour of the Latin that I remember from high school in Ladin. Quite interesting to read about on line.

Pietro Brosio said...

Enjoyable yellow flower images, beautiful and interesting the poem!

Unknown said...

Isn't nature amazing!? Great finds.

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