Alhambra is beautiful white inside
Alhambra is one of the most beautiful places ever built by human hand. Yet if you visit it and observe carefully, you realise that there is something unseen in the pictures of the intricate designs and ceilings that make Al Hambra famous.
Alhambra is beautiful white inside
Dentro, Alhambra è bella e bianca
Alhambra means red, but it’s white inside,
Like bones, beautiful white, bones, side by side,
An ossified puzzle like a stalactite sky,
Despite death, bewildering, still magic, alive.
Alhambra significa rossa, ma dentro è bella e bianca
Come ossa – belle, bianche, osso accanto a osso,
Un mistero ossificato – stalattiti per fare un cielo,
Morto, ma confondente, ancora magico, ancora vivo.
Gently, we wander Alhambra’s fine halls,
Dazzled, like millions of others, at its brilliance of form,
Yet no heart string of oud plays to solace our souls.
Vaghiamo, quieti da sala splendida a splendida sala,
Sorpresi, come milioni di altri da questa forma brillante,
Eppur niente corda di oud incanta le anime
If water still burbles in stumbled on founts,
Only shadows of ghosts snapped up in our digital lives,
E se l’acqua ancora gorgoglia in fontane scoperte
Con i telefonini scattiamo solo ombre di fantasmi
Once, Alhambra flamed in astonishing colour,
Human made heavens of blue, red and gold,
And visitors left humbled at the glory they found …
Una volta Alhambra fiammeggiava in sorprendente colore,
Paradisi manufatti da noi in blu, rosso ed oro
E i visitatori partivano stupefatti alla gloria che lì trovavano …
Before conquistadors came, and put out its light,
And piled up with books, their bonfires burned bright.
Prima che i conquistatori spensero la sua luce
E in roghi roventi bruciarono montagne di libri.
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