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La canzone del Piave The song of Battle of Piave River 1918
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Every 24 of may there is anniversary of famous Battle of Piave River (1918). In memory of these young guys... • In 1918, during World War I, it was the scene of Battle of the Piave River, the last major Austro-Hungarian attack on the Italian Front, which failed. The Battle of the Piave was the decisive battle of World War I on the Italian Front. The river is thus called in Italy Fiume Sacro alla Patria (Sacred River of the Homeland) and is mentioned in the patriotic song La leggenda del Piave . • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_... • English traslation: • The Piave whispered calm and placid during the crossing • of the first infantrymen on 24 May; • the army marched on to reach the frontier • to make a wall against the enemy. • the silent infantrymen passed in the night • they had to be silent and go forward. • From the beloved river banks they heard • light and low the exultation of the waves. • It was a sweet and propitious omen. • The Piave whispered: the foreigner shall not pass! • But on a sad night, they talked about a dark event,[2] • the Piave felt the wrath and the dismay. • Alas, he saw so many people coming down, leaving their homes; • because of the shame that had taken place in Caporetto. • Refugees everywhere, from the distant mountains, • they came to crowd all his bridges. • They heard from the violated river-banks • light and sad the murmur of the waves • Like a sob in that black autumn • the Piave whispered: the foreigner is returning! • And the enemy returned, moved by his pride and by his hunger, • he wanted to vent all his cravings. • He saw the sunny plain from up there, • he wanted to feed and to exult like in the past. • No! the Piave said, No! said the infantrymen, • May the enemy never make a single step ahead! • They saw the Piave swelling from his banks • and his waves were fighting like the infantrymen. • Red with the blood of the haughty enemy, • the Piave ordered them: Go back, foreigner! • Then the enemy withdrew to Trieste, to Trento • and victory spread her wings on the air. • The ancestral oath was honored; among the ranks they saw • Oberdan, Sauro and Battisti resurrecting. • At last the Italic courage broke • the gallows tree and the weapons of the hangman. • Secure the Alps, free the shores, • the Piave got silent, the waves appeased. • On the fatherland's soil, the grim empires vanquished, • peace found neither oppressed people nor foreigners.
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