navigare,
era il suo unico pensiero,
ma non appena,
dopo lunghi tragitti,
metteva piede a terra in qualche porto,
subito lo pungeva
l’impazienza di ripartire

sail,
was the only thought of him,
but as soon as,
after long journeys,
she set foot ashore in some port,
it immediately stung him
the impatience to leave again

Dino Buzzati