European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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In short, we lived intensively under the conditions of war. We had to be careful.
In short, we lived intensively under the conditions of war. We had to be careful.
In breve, abbiamo vissuto intensamente nello stato di guerra. Bisognava stare attenti. -
There would be a meeting and we would dance and go wild, then we would fight the very next day.
There would be a meeting and we would dance and go wild, then we would fight the very next day.
Ci sarebbe stato un raduno e avremmo ballato e ci saremmo scatenati e poi avremmo litigato il giorno dopo. -
This became the norm of our lives, we learned to count on it.
This became the norm of our lives, we learned to count on it.
Questa è diventata la norma della nostra vita, abbiamo imparato a contare su di essa. -
It was all the easier in the Primorje region, in the Karst especially.
It was all the easier in the Primorje region, in the Karst especially.
È stato tutto più semplice nella regione di Primorje, nel Carso specialmente. -
Anywhere you came, someone immediately gave their cow to slaughter so the entire brigade could feast on goulash.
Anywhere you came, someone immediately gave their cow to slaughter so the entire brigade could feast on goulash.
Ovunque fossi giunto, qualcuno ha immediatamente dato la sua mucca al macello in modo che l'intera brigata potesse banchettare col gulasch. -
When I traveled as a courier, I was always fed.
When I traveled as a courier, I was always fed.
Quando viaggiavo come corriere, venivo sempre sfamato. -
If I was wet I was dried no matter what house I stepped into.
If I was wet I was dried no matter what house I stepped into.
Se ero bagnato venivo asciugato indipendentemente dalla casa in cui entravo. -
Despite that you were alone, everywhere and anywhere you always had the feeling that you belonged together.
Despite that you were alone, everywhere and anywhere you always had the feeling that you belonged together.
Quantunque fossi solo, ovunque e in ogni dove sentivi di appartenere a un insieme. -
There was never any danger that you might take the wrong turn into the wrong house.
There was never any danger that you might take the wrong turn into the wrong house.
Non c'é mai stato il pericolo che avessi preso una svolta sbagliata nella casa sbagliata. -
Everyone was inclined to the Partisans.
Everyone was inclined to the Partisans.
Tutti erano inclini ai Partigiani. -
This relieved us of the fears that took rise elsewhere throughout Slovenia,
This relieved us of the fears that took rise elsewhere throughout Slovenia,
Questo ci ha sollevato dai timori sorti altrove in tutta la Slovenia, -
where one had to consider the potential betrayal of the locals.
where one had to consider the potential betrayal of the locals.
dove si doveva considerare un potenziale tradimento della gente del posto. -
That is, elsewhere, the Home Guard and their informants were lurking. There was none of that in the Primorje area.
That is, elsewhere, the Home Guard and their informants were lurking. There was none of that in the Primorje area.
Cioè, altrove, la Guardia Nazionale e i suoi informatori erano in agguato. Non c'era niente di tutto questo nell'area di Primorje. -
I never came across a single Slovenian enemy, dead or alive.
I never came across a single Slovenian enemy, dead or alive.
Non ho mai incontrato un solo nemico sloveno vivo o morto. -
So I realize I have a somewhat idealized conception.
So I realize I have a somewhat idealized conception.
Così mi rendo conto di avere una concezione un po' idealizzata. -
Nonetheless, it was genuine, the idealization that a war could unfold such a beautiful humanity,
Nonetheless, it was genuine, the idealization that a war could unfold such a beautiful humanity,
Tuttavia, era genuina, l'idealizzazione che una guerra potesse dispiegare un'umanità così bella, -
if I may say so, because war is far from beautiful.
if I may say so, because war is far from beautiful.
se così posso dire, perché la guerra è tutt'altro che bella. -
It is true though that as a poet it was hard for me to choose death, even the enemy’s.
It is true though that as a poet it was hard for me to choose death, even the enemy’s.
È vero però che come poeta era difficile per me scegliere la morte, anche quella del nemico. -
This is also why I selected tasks which were far more hazardous than being in the brigade.
This is also why I selected tasks which were far more hazardous than being in the brigade.
Questo è anche il motivo per cui ho scelto compiti, che erano molto più pericolosi dell'essere in brigata. -
However, it was less imperative in the tasks I chose to have to kill someone standing before me, even the enemy.
However, it was less imperative in the tasks I chose to have to kill someone standing before me, even the enemy.
Tuttavia, nei compiti che sceglievo era meno imperativo dover uccidere qualcuno in piedi davanti a me, persino il nemico.