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Sereno was written expressly for the Bowers-Fado Duo, commissioned through the Roger Shapiro Foundation. The piece is dedicated to my friend Zakiya Hanafi, who recommended Ungaretti's marvellous poem, and who made the English translation.SerenoDopo tantanebbiaa unaa unasi svelanole stelleRespiroil frescoche mi lasciail colore del cieloMi riconoscoimmaginepasseggeraPresa in un giroImmortale.- Giuseppe Ungaretti (1918)///Clear SkiesAfter so muchfogoneby onethe starsunveil themselves.I breathe inthe freshnessthat the colourof the skypasses on to me.I recognize myselfas a passingimageCaught in an immortalorbit.- translation: Zakiya Hanafi (2019) reprinted with permission of Dr. Hanafi
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