Italian–English parallel text
Le 9:15
The 9:15
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Le 9:15
The 9:15
«Rosa! Sei tornata!»
“Rosa! You’re back!”
L’infermiera dell’ospedale sale alla stazione. Ride e scuote il freddo dal cappotto. È lunedì, 30 novembre. Sono le otto di sera.
The nurse from the hospital gets on at the station. She laughs and shakes the cold off her coat. It is Monday, 30 November. It is eight o’clock in the evening.
«Sono tornata!» dico. «Stasera fa freddo, eh?»
“I’m back!” I say. “Cold tonight, eh?”
«Molto freddo. Domani c’è la neve?»
“Very cold. Is there snow tomorrow?”
«Alla radio dicono di sì. Alla radio dicono sempre di sì.»
“The radio says yes. The radio always says yes.”
Per tutto novembre lavoro di giorno. Insegno a due nuovi autisti. Stasera finisce. Stasera ho di nuovo il mio vecchio autobus. Linea 24, turno di sera, dalle quattro a mezzanotte e mezza.
All November I work in the day. I teach two new drivers. Tonight that ends. Tonight I have my old bus again. Line 24, the evening shift, four o’clock to half past twelve.
La linea 24 è una linea corta. Va dalla stazione centrale a Piazza San Nicola. È l’ultima fermata. Venticinque minuti per andare, venticinque minuti per tornare. Otto volte a notte. Conosco ogni fermata e ogni buca della strada.
Line 24 is a short line. It goes from the central station to St Nicholas Square. That is the last stop. Twenty-five minutes there, twenty-five minutes back. Eight times a night. I know every stop and every hole in the road.
Conosco anche i miei passeggeri. Parlo con loro. Parlo con tutti. Mia madre dice che parlo troppo. Ha ragione, ma io non le dico niente.
I know my passengers too. I talk to them. I talk to everybody. My mother says I talk too much. She is right, but I don’t tell her.
Alle 9:15 sono di nuovo alla stazione. Sale un uomo. È alto e magro. Ha un cappotto lungo e scuro e una valigetta nera. Non lo conosco.
At 9:15 I am at the station again. A man gets on. He is tall and thin. He has a long dark coat and a black case. I don’t know him.
«Buonasera», dice.
“Good evening,” he says.
«Buonasera! Dove va?»
“Good evening! Where to?”
Mi mostra il biglietto. Non risponde. Si siede sul primo sedile, dietro di me.
He shows me his ticket. He doesn’t answer. He sits in the first seat, behind me.
Lo guardo nello specchietto. Ha gli occhi grigi e un viso triste. I capelli sono lunghi e non molto in ordine. Sembra stanco.
I look at him in my mirror. He has grey eyes and a sad face. His hair is long and not very tidy. He looks tired.
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