Eurialo E Niso

The night was clear
the moon a great light
Eurialo and Niso went out
from the camp towards the river.
And they descended from the mountain
backpacks on their shoulders
they had to blow up
the bridge at Serravalle.
Eurialo was a baker
and Niso a student
they ran away to the mountains
on the 8th of September
the woods were already asleep
but an owl warned them
there was a roadblock
at the end of that road.
Eurialo said to Niso
drying his forehead
there are two Germans
guarding the bridge above.
The snow had fallen
and the cold hardened it
but they had felt shoes
and no one heard them.
The sentinels were
enchanted by the moon
it was easy to surprise them
cutting off their luck
one of them had
a pin on her cloak
Eurialo picked it up
and put it on his hat.
the pin was silver
an imperial eagle
it shone in the night
more than a northern lights.
That's how they were seen
by the dogs and the henchmen
who wanted to avenge
their killed comrades.
Eurialo was blocked
in the middle of a clearing
Niso was hiding
covered in fear
Eurialo they surrounded
covering him in spit
they played with him for a long time
even as a cat does with a mouse.
But when he saw his friend
tied around a branch
pierced by knives
like a Saint Sebastian
Niso had to come out
the fury was too much
he took out four
before falling.
And he fell on the snow
at the feet of his friend
and the moon also fell
to the bloodstained forest
two trees bloomed
near the cemetery
the flowers were red
blooming in winter.
The night was clear
the moon a great light
Eurialo and Niso went out
from the camp towards the river.