Transcript Paradiso da Corrieri

Paradiso da Corrieri
for the Corrieris and all their customers
Little Italian island here a mille miles
from home, and yet it seems that everyone is here!
Tutte le Quattro Stagione di l’uomo qui –
All of the Four Seasons of our lives are here.
Bang! Bang! Bang! There goes a wee bambino
banging his spoon down on his tray – Uno- DueTre ! A little Toscanini’s what he is – A t te-n z I o n e ! … over in the corner looking up from
his tea there is an old man who had been nodding…
all around it’s like an orchestra of folk
and food, a kind of a sinfonia di
pasta, antipasti, pizze, tagliatelle,
tortellini, it’s all conducted to the mouth
with a spoon and a fork and a load of conversazione!
“ Tutti insieme ! Tutta la famiglia è qui,
Papà, mamma, nonna, nonno,
and kids that are learning fast
mangiare means to munch !
Only it’s quiet in the corner over there …
scarcely a word, all they do is gaze and gaze
unconsciously they play their parts so beautifully:
Romeo Giulietta , Dante Beatrice,
across the table fingers touch as though to pray…
… their due cappuccini there long since gone cold,
their due gelati all melted warm away…
Clive Wright ( Makar of Stirling )