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Title: Africa Orrenda
Author: Mario Rapisardi
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Giù dai ghermiti scanni, Razza maligna, inetta, Che fra venali inganni Pompeggiandoti abjetta, Raccogli infami frutti Dal disonor di tutti!
Ah! non bastò di questa Patria incestare il seno? La veneranda testa Premer di giogo osceno? Offrir nudo il materno Fianco al barbaro scherno? [8]
Ond'ella, a regnar nata, Con tremulo ginocchio Segue, putta spregiata, Il tenebroso cocchio, Su cui breve fortuna Due manigoldi aduna.
Misera, e invan tu speri Con civettar codardo Da regj masnadieri Impetrar tozzo o sguardo: Ahi! con viltà e misfatti Onta e miseria accatti,
E stragi. Oh desolati Campi! Oh cori d'eroi Nell'alta ombra gittati Non da voi, non da voi, Avide di rapine Ferrigne orde abissine,
Anzi da te, nefando Vecchio, che sol per cieca Libidin di comando L'italo onor con bieca Mente fidando ai ladri. Le fiche a Italia squadri.[9]
Qual dall'immane insulto Pregio o vendetta? Arcigna Guata Albione; occulto L'ire fomenta e ghigna Il dèmone sinistro, Che la Sprea move e l'Istro.
Dal vigilato covo L'orgoglio ibrido freme, E al cor d'Italia novo Tesoro e sangue spreme: D'orbe fidanze gravi Salpan ferrate navi.
Brillan su la guernita Tolda gl'itali figli, Cui tarda espor la vita Ai perfidi perigli, Che coi predoni a gara La terra e il ciel prepara.
Volate, o generosi Figli, all'infausto lido; Turbate i sanguinosi Ozj allo stuolo infido, Che su la strage inulta [10]Ebbro di sangue esulta.
Vincete. Oh scarsa, incerta Vittoria! Ecco, dal grembo Della sabbia deserta Strano improvviso nembo Sorge, e in ferina guerra Il vessil nostro atterra.
Voi là nel baluardo Ultimo accolti, invano Con ansioso sguardo Tentate il mar lontano, Se a voi pochi e mal vivi Patrio soccorso arrivi.
Ma per l'immensa arsura Delle voraci arene Solo la Febbre, oscura Liberatrice, viene; E in voi dall'ignea bocca Funesti aliti scocca.
Ahi, nè certezza o speme D'onore o d'util nostro Lenirà l'ore estreme Del sagrificio vostro, Non le cure affannose Delle imprecanti spose.[11]
Ben presso al limitare Della fredda quíete, Sorger fra cielo e mare Un'alta Ombra vedrete, Squallida il seno, indoma Ancor che oppressa, Roma:
E non per questo, o amati Petti, pietosa grida, Reggendo a infaticati Studj con alma fida, Il braccio armaste e il coreDi ferro e di valore!
Ardea nelle capaci Menti un'altera idea: Piombar serrati, audaci Su la grifagna rea, Che l'ultima latina Terra aduggiando inquina.
Oh per le Giulie vette Pugne! Oh piani fumanti Delle nostre vendette! Oh entusiasmi santi Di dar la vita a patto Del fraterno riscatto![12]
Popol, cui spada e mente Da servitù redime, Non peregrina gente Mercanteggiando opprime; Ma libertà, per cui Vive, fa vita altrui.
Cada chi primo in petto L'obliqua smania accolse, Onde al natio ricetto I vostri animi tolse, E li scagliò in lontane Piagge a conquiste vane!
Lui non amor di fama, Non furor d'alte imprese, Ma insidiosa brama Di rei traffichi accese; Nè l'empia sete or langue Per mareggiar di sangue.
Ma se ancor nei gentili Petti la patria spira, Se da computi vili Non è sedotta l'ira, Che in un'ora d'ebbrezza Catene e scettri spezza;[13]
Se non per gioco ho cinta La mia terza corona, Se la mia gloria estinta Non è tutta, nè suona Obbrobrio il nome mio; Se Roma ancor son io,
Troppo alle tue volpine Arti, o fatal, durai; Sopra le mie rovine Assai ghignasti, assai Fu il danno e la vergogna: Carnefice, alla gogna!
Chi è, disser, costui, che solitario, altero Sul nostro capo il verso empio saetta, E su la gloriosa luce del nostro impero L'ombra sua getta?
Chi è costui, che i tetri sogni sferrando a volo, Come falchi addestrati in noi li avventa; E di amor, di giustizia all'affamato stuolo Parlar si attenta?
Torbido evocatore di pazze ombre, l'abisso O non vede o non cura a cui cammina: Con l'occhio, acre di febbre, all'orizzonte fisso, Ecco, ei ruina![18]
E noi frattanto in aurea rete impigliamo il biondo Amore e l'affoghiamo entro al bicchiere; Noi ci tiriamo dietro inguinzagliato il mondo Come un levriere.
Che importa, se al nostro uscio Lazzaro derelitto Frignando invidj a' nostri cani il pranzo? Avrà, quand'ei non sia ad alcun Fascio ascritto, Pur qualche avanzo.
Che ci fa, se a quest'ora al suon della mitraglia Nel ribelle Tigrè riddi la morte? Terran le nostre schiere, in qual che sia battaglia, Fronte alla sorte!
Pugnate, eroici petti, cadete; ad una voce Noi gridiam «Viva!» e alziam colmo il bicchiere; Le vostre salme avranno la medaglia e la croce Di cavaliere.
L'onor della bandiera val bene una tal guerra; Chiedon vendetta i nostri morti; e poi L'ufficio glorioso d'incivilir la terra L'abbiamo noi![19]
Gli Abissini, si sa, son predoni, selvaggi, E con loro bisogna esser maneschi; Trucidar donne, vecchi, fanciulli; arder villaggi... Viva Radetzki!
In ogni caso, giova a noi, spiriti fini, Mandar la calda giovinaglia a spasso: La guerra a chi la plètora ha d'odj cittadini È un buon salasso.
Urla, profeta nero, i tuoi strambotti audaci All'egre ciurme ch'aízzando vai: Noi delibiamo intanto con labbra arse da' baci Reno e Tokai!
II.
Non ei però si arresta. La pensierosa faccia Torce da lor, qual da bruttura, altrove, Mormorando con voce ch'è fede, e par minaccia: Eppur si muove![20]
Diritto, nella tragica sera che preme il mondo, Strali e sogni vibrando all'età rea, Passa incontaminato tra 'l bulicame immondo, Non uomo, Idea.
Volano a lui dintorno dagli spazj stellati Corruscanti fantasmi, ignee chimere, Fronti di lauro cinte, petti di palma ornati, Falangi austere.
Ah! non hai tu, regina, cui Dante un trono eresse Sovra i popoli tutti, a Dio vicino, Tu, nel cui core eterno di tutto il mondo lesse Vico il destino;
Tu, santa, cui Mazzini invocava in ginocchio Nel freddo esilio; tu ch'a' più begli anni Schiacciavi, del Nizzardo sotto al fulmineo cocchio, Sette tiranni;
Non hai tu, donna, or ora a turpi sgherri in braccio Inebbriati di poter maligno, A chi diceati: «Pensa!» gittato in volto il ghiaccio Del tuo sogghigno?[21]
Non hai tu, che d'oltraggio le pure anime cibi, Negato il pane al Giusto, il culto al Vero, Per onorar l'Inganno, per ingrassar gli Scribi Del vitupero?
Difeso col tuo nome, del tuo pallio coverto Chi fa dell'are tue bisca e bordello? Chi, più che penna o spada, è a maneggiare esperto Il grimaldello?
Profuso oro a' bertoni d'Astrea fatta baldracca? Procacciato a Bonturo onor divino? Scolpito in marmi e in bronzi (oh Giusti!) la guarnacca Di Truffaldino?
Non hai tu, barcheggiando su le calde fiumane Del pianto, druda delle altrui vendette, Scagliato ai derelitti, che ti chiedeano pane, Piombo e manette?
Non hai, madre, sofferto ch'a' tuoi sacri captivi Fosse un raggio di sole anco vietato? Non hai tu su la fossa dei tuoi martiri vivi Cancaneggiato?[22]
Ed ecco, or nell'ecclissi del tuo giudizio, alata Furia al tuo capo la Giustizia romba; E l'Espiazione, vermiglia aquila irata, Sopra a te piomba!
Oh fragor d'improvvisi sdegni e d'immani lutti, Dal ciel, dal mar, dalle cruente arene! Oh suon misterioso di palpitanti flutti: Ecco, ella viene!
Sostano a' campi avari, alle officine, intorno, L'opere in minacciosa alta quíete; L'austero Etna nevoso, che si arrubina al giorno, Viene, ripete.
Dalle reggie pollute, dai trafficati altari Sorgono al casto cielo ululi immensi; Mandano le severe Alpi a' bollenti mari Fraterni assensi.
O monti, asceti assorti nello splendor del Nume, O flutto uman cui la speranza investe, O dei cieli e dei cuori interminabil lume, Voi mentireste?
Finchè briaca alla caterva sozza, Che nell'obbrobrio e nel dolor l'atterra, Porge Italia le groppe, ella che mozza Agli apostoli il grido e i polsi inferra;
Finchè il turpe delirio in lei non langue Di rei conquisti e di vendette oscene, E tributo alle nostre esauste vene Osa chiedere ancor d'oro e di sangue;
Finchè la Frode, ire affilando e spade, Di mercate lusinghe il vulgo impregna, E all'Abissin, cui la capanna invade, L'infamia nostra e il nostro eccidio insegna;[26]
Finchè, tra un baccanal d'anime guerce, La Sconfitta e la Resa in Campidoglio; L'Onore in ceppi, il Vituperio in soglio, Ludibrio il Dritto, la Giustizia merce;
Lungi da questo sciagurato suolo, Lungi dall'età rea sorga il poeta: Liriche strofe, liberate il volo A ciel più puro, a regíon più lieta.
A che turbar dei bellicosi ladri L'animo pio con misurati pianti? O cari petti giovanili infranti, È troppo che su voi piangan le madri!
II.
Ove andrem noi? Sangue e miseria intorno E fango. Oh ferrea notte D'Europa! Oh immani lotte Di truffatori! E ancor lontano è il giorno.[27]
Gitta la vaticana Idra la squama Fra' mal guardati avelli, E gl'incauti ribelli Affascinando, il nostro esizio trama.
La jena di Stambùl, di terror folle, Nel sanguinoso mare Galleggia, ove affogare Invan l'inglese mercator la volle.
Ecco, il deforme orso del Volga accampa Sul provocato lido, E con geloso strido Porge alla rea l'insanguinata zampa.
Ma la francesca Libertà bastarda, Che, le adipose cuoja Date in custodia al boja, Tutto vende ghignando e tutto infarda,
Indarno al Papa ed allo Czar gl'immondi Quarti lambisce abjetta: Giù nell'ampia belletta, Ond'ora ingrassa, è forza pur che affondi.[28]
Squassa il Leone castiglian la giuba, E ruggendo si scaglia Ove in armi travaglia La invan contesa Libertà di Cuba.
All'auree vene del Trasvallo intanto Calano in tetri giri Gli europei vampiri, Che di civile sapíenza han vanto.
O Civiltà, se messe altra non dài Che di sì tristi allori; Se agli aspettanti cori Fuor che stragi e miseria offrir non sai;
O che le armene piagge, o che la vetta Dell'Amba orrida innostri, Co' tuoi bugiardi mostri, Perfida Civiltà, sii maledetta!
OPERE DELLO STESSO AUTORE
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