Stories about stones
\ntiny and gigantic stones
\nhouses of janas and tombs of giants.
\nAncient stones
\nof an ancient island
\nshaped like a sandal
\nin the middle of the Middle Sea.
\nSentinel-stones
\nthat guard, underground, treasures
\nand terrible maghedde-flies, as big as crows.
\nStones as heavy as stones
\nimmobile for a thousand and a thousand years
\nhoping that someone will overturn them
\nto stretch a little!
\nStones where the children let their old fathers rest
\nthe day they had the obligation to take them to the mountains to die.
\nStones that have seen and heard all sorts of things.
\nWho have listened to the toils of the fields
\nthe injustices
\nthe shepherds’ songs
\nthe tales of the gleaners
\nthe shouts of the boys who urged the horses
\nthe secrets whispered by the girls
\nthe promises of love
\nthe challenges to sa murra, to s\u2019istrumpa, to poetry.<\/p>\n
Stones that never tire of listening to the sound of the Mistral
\nthat still laughs today
\nwhen it runs
\nfrom the mountains to the sea.<\/p>\n
Stones that dream of falling from the sky
\nlike rain invoked by farmers.
\nA light rain
\nof small clay stones
\nthat will nourish the earth.<\/p>\n
And seeds of stone
\nwill become mint
\nand pomegranate
\nand oak
\nand ears of wheat.
\nAnd there will be enough for everyone
\none day
\nwhen we learn to divide
\ninto fair parts.
\nThere will be enough for everyone
\nin abundance
\nat a great stone table
\nset around the world.<\/p>\n