| Traduzione inglese 2 / English translation 2 / Traduction anglaise... |
MY JOB | MY WORK |
| |
My job was in this world | My work, in a world of |
hot and cold days, | hot and cold days, |
to wipe and comb children | was to clean and comb kids |
and work hard at darning. | and to toil away darning. |
| |
I yearned to play freely | I longed to play freely |
like a lamb in the green pasture, | like a lamb in a green meadow, |
but they are not granted peace | but those who have holes to darn |
who are supposed to darn holes. | are not shown any mercy. |
| |
I longed to pick flowers | I longed to read the flowers |
during the long and bright days, | on long, bright sunny days, |
but need said with a voice of thunder: | but necessity ordered in a thunderous voice: |
You should be darning. | "You should be darning." |
| |
The world had a hard judgment | The world had a heavy doom |
to hang on my coathooks, | to hang upon my hook. |
how I was bereft of qualities | Of qualities I was void |
and suited to darning. | and for darning I was born. |
| |
Come the Devil with his knife | Should death come with his knife |
and cut short my days, | and shorten my days |
I think it will be my lot | I think it will be my fate |
to darn socks in Hell. | to darn away in hell. |