13 October 1855: Sheet #4 Original title: spettatore-egiziano_0012.jpg Protection: Open to all Expiration: Never Status: In progress Mark this revision as complete Cancel 13 October 1855: Sheet #4 Go full screenExit full screen Layout Reset == Night and Day == === An Imitation of the Modern Arab === Said the Night to the Day.– My praises travel around, more than your famous ones. –The Day responded Oh how many times and how many people Direct their sorrows to me And then they leave!– –The Night continues on From me with sorrow, oh Day You leave and come back. People who are in love In the center of their wounded hearts They suffer from my being late With humble words Humble in my Love Wherever I am Any kind of joy can be found And vices and drinking are what those who suffer from Love experience, many of these people During my hours, together they ask anxiously. Long is the night And they detested the return Of the indiscreet day; Because in the hours of the nighttime Love permits all. Now that you have heard my prayers, You will still be courageous To compare yourself to me And first, to even praise yourself Oh, wicked day Are you disdained by all?– –Then the Day returns: – Even though I am humiliated, I will sincerely admit, Night, you have spoken the truth. == The Eagle and the Parrot == The chatty parrot One day with a particularly arrogant attitude Turned to the Eagle – "Really"– He said "My god! You have to peacefully tolerate that I have an advantage over you:" Which is?" the Eagle responded. – To the other birds the Man of creation bestowed the gift of singing: And to me, the greatest quality, He gave accent and speech." Fool!" the angered eagle responded– Even though you chatter from morning to evening, Your speech is like a useless echo Because you cannot understand That which you hear and repeat. I, in the presence of the shining, radiant disc Of the sun, I focus my pupils–and how many Animals like you bother me– I tear them apart with my beak or I shred them with my claws." === Morality === In the end, the parrot is like a gossipy person, a slanderer, a blabbermouth Who the universe wants to keep at school. With his empty and changing words, A man who is intellectual and has a noble heart Avoids him and thinks he is vile: But there is trouble if he crosses the slanderous man, For he will strike with his excited ingenuity. M. Consigli