L'ultimo blues

Last blues, to be read some day

'T was only a flirt
you sure did know ‒
some one was hurt
long time ago.

All is the same
time has gone by ‒
some day you came
some day you'll die.

Some one has died
long time ago ‒
some one who tried
but didn't know.

11 aprile '50

Cesare Pavese - Verrà la morte e avrà i tuoi occhi