La parola da casa, Serena Piccoli

when his son died in brazil, giuseppe ungaretti responded with his poem "tu ti spezzasti." i remembered the last lines today.

Grazia felice,
Non avresti potuto non spezzarti
In una cecità tanto indurita
Tu semplice soffio e cristallo,

Troppo umano lampo per l’empio,
Selvoso, accanito, ronzante
Ruggito d’un sole ignudo.

(you'll have to excuse my quick translation any flaws.)

Happy grace,
You were not able not to shatter
In a blindness so harsh
You simple instant and crystal,

Too human lamp for the impious,
Woody, ruthless, buzzing
Roar of a naked sun.