{"id":1970,"date":"2024-08-04T08:29:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T06:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liberopensare.com\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2024-08-07T13:51:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T11:51:57","slug":"death-is-nothing-at-all-henry-scott-holland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberopensare.com\/en\/death-is-nothing-at-all-henry-scott-holland\/","title":{"rendered":"Death is nothing at all (Henry Scott Holland)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1969\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liberopensare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Death_is_nothing_at_all_Henry_Scott_Holland.jpg\" alt=\"Death_is_nothing_at_all_Henry_Scott_Holland.jpg\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.liberopensare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Death_is_nothing_at_all_Henry_Scott_Holland.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/www.liberopensare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Death_is_nothing_at_all_Henry_Scott_Holland-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.liberopensare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Death_is_nothing_at_all_Henry_Scott_Holland-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.liberopensare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Death_is_nothing_at_all_Henry_Scott_Holland-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.liberopensare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Death_is_nothing_at_all_Henry_Scott_Holland-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>La morte non \u00e8 niente.<br \/>\nNon conta.<br \/>\nIo sono solo andato nella stanza accanto.<br \/>\nNon \u00e8 successo nulla.<\/p>\n<p>Tutto resta esattamente com\u2019era.<br \/>\nIo sono io e tu sei tu e la vita passata<br \/>\nche abbiamo vissuto cos\u00ec bene insieme<br \/>\n\u00e8 immutata, intatta.<br \/>\nQuello che siamo stati l\u2019uno per l\u2019altra,<br \/>\nlo siamo ancora.<\/p>\n<p>Chiamami con il mio vecchio nome.<br \/>\nParla di me con la semplicit\u00e0 che hai sempre usato.<br \/>\nNon cambiare il tono della voce.<br \/>\nNon assumere un\u2019aria forzata di solennit\u00e0 o di dolore.<\/p>\n<p>Ridi come abbiamo sempre riso<br \/>\ndegli scherzi che facevamo insieme.<br \/>\nDivertiti, sorridi, pensa a me, prega per me.<br \/>\nFai che il mio nome rimanga per sempre<br \/>\nquella parola familiare che \u00e8 sempre stata.<br \/>\nPronuncialo senza sforzo,<br \/>\nsenza che diventi l\u2019ombra di un fantasma.<\/p>\n<p>La vita significa tutto ci\u00f2 che ha sempre significato.<br \/>\n\u00c8 la stessa che \u00e8 sempre stata.<br \/>\nC\u2019\u00e8 una continuit\u00e0 assoluta, ininterrotta.<br \/>\nCos\u2019\u00e8 questa morte se non un incidente insignificante?<\/p>\n<p>Perch\u00e9 dovrei essere lontano dal tuo cuore<br \/>\nsolo perch\u00e9 sono fuori dalla tua vista?<br \/>\nTi sto soltanto aspettando per un po\u2019 da qualche parte,<br \/>\nmolto vicino, appena dietro l\u2019angolo.<\/p>\n<p>Va tutto bene.<br \/>\nNulla \u00e8 sofferenza, nulla \u00e8 perduto.<br \/>\nSolo un attimo e tutto sar\u00e0 come prima.<br \/>\nCome rideremo del dolore del distacco<br \/>\nquando ci incontreremo di nuovo!<\/p>\n<p><em>Henry Scott Holland<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Dipinto di Ren\u00e9 Magritte)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>* * *<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Death is nothing at all. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>It does not count. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>I have only slipped away into the next room. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Nothing has happened.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Everything remains exactly as it was. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>I am I, and you are you, <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Call me by the old familiar name. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Speak of me in the easy way which you always used. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Put no difference into your tone. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Life means all that it ever meant. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>It is the same as it ever was. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>There is absolute and unbroken continuity. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>What is this death but a negligible accident?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>I am but waiting for you, for an interval, <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>somewhere very near, <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>just round the corner.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>All is well. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Nothing is hurt; nothing is lost. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>One brief moment and all will be as it was before. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Henry Scott Holland<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em style=\"font-weight: normal;\">(Painting by Ren\u00e9 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