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True love is like a lighted window in a dark night.
True love is a burning stillness.

— Giuseppe Ungaretti

Il vero amore è come una finestra illuminata in una notte buia.
Il vero amore è una quiete accesa.

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Closed between mortal things
(Even the starry sky will end)
Why do I crave God?

Of these houses
nothing is left
but a few scraps
of walls
Of so many
whose life I shared
not even that much
is left
But my heart carries
all their crosses
My heart's indeed
the most ravaged land.

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