Sunday, June 17, 2012

Cheesy

Leaning Tower of Pisa, piazza dei Miracoli, Square of Miracles, PisaSeveral thousands of readers of a local daily voted for the best phrase to represent the essence of “Livornesità” (Livorneseness). This one was the winner, with 45% of the vote:

Si vorrebbe vince’ senza gioca',
si vorrebbe mangia' senza lavora'
ma quello che ci s’ha nel cuore e nelle mani
è tuo senza nemmeno starci a pensa'!

(We would like to win without playing,
we would like to eat without working
but what we have in our heart and hands
is yours even without thinking about it!)

For the first time in my life I have wished to be a Pisan...

External links: Livornesità, scegli la frase da premiare (Il Tirreno, in Italian)

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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 17, 2012 at 12:22 AM

    Twenty years since last I've been there. Thank you for the many memories. Please have a good Sunday.

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  2. RandyJune 17, 2012 at 7:31 AM

    What a wonderful place.

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  3. svenske floydJune 17, 2012 at 9:57 AM

    Then what is the pisanità that you prefer?

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  4. Babzy.BJune 17, 2012 at 10:58 AM

    funny ;)

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  5. UnknownJune 17, 2012 at 12:00 PM

    Sadly, I've never been there...

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  6. cieldequimperJune 17, 2012 at 1:23 PM

    Nice postcard.

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  7. Luis GomezJune 17, 2012 at 4:03 PM

    Yep, but very nice.

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  8. Cezar and LéiaJune 17, 2012 at 7:37 PM

    If it made you wish to be a Pisan, that must be really a serious situation... :)
    God bless you!
    Cezar

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  9. HalcyonJune 18, 2012 at 2:28 AM

    You wishing to be a Pisan? I never thought I would see the day! Let's hope they pick a better poem next year. Livorno would miss out if you left. :)

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  10. DinaJune 18, 2012 at 7:36 AM

    Oi oi, I can't believe you said that, even in jest!

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  11. Rob SiemannJune 18, 2012 at 7:25 PM

    Cheesy is the word, both in english and italian, but does it suffice for you to want to be a ....Pisan???

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  12. Stefan JanssonJune 20, 2012 at 10:35 PM

    I was there on a sunny day back in 1987. Glad to see tower still standing.

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