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While dreaming about love, the young poetess tells us what type of man she chooses as her lover: it won't be a wealthy bachelor who has never worked in his life and spends his days with cards and booze, but a man, whose chest is burning with the fire of ardor and perseverance.

Poem of September, 2022 - "Hast Thou been working?" by Ada Negri. Language of origin: Italian, "Hai lavorato?".

Contents:
Italian
01-02 original poem by Ada Negri

English
03-04 translated by Adelheid Maria von Blomberg

French
05-06 translated by Anonymous

German
07-08 translated by Hedwig Jahn

Polish
09 translated by Gabriela Jundziłłowa
10 translated by Maria Konopnicka

Russian
11 translated by Vladimir Shulyatikov
12 translated by Aleksandr Yemelyanov

Ukrainain
13 translated by Pavlo Hrabovsky