Everyone sang

Everyone suddenly burst out singing;
And I was filled with such delight
As prisoned birds must find in freedom,
winging wildly across the white
Orchards and dark-green fields; on- on- and out of sight.

Everyone's voice was suddenly lifted;
And beauty came like setting sun:
My heart was shaken with tears; and orror
Drifted away...O, but Everyone
Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never be done.

Siegfried Sassoon

Ognuno scoppio' tosto in canto;
E tanta delizia mi prese
Come a uccelli che si ritrovino liberi
in volo selvaggio tra i bianchi
frutteti e  i campi di verde; su, su e via liberi.

La voce di ognuno si levo' all'improvviso;
La bellezza arrivo' come sole al tramonto:
Sussulto' il mio cuore dal pianto; e l'orrore
si dileguo'...Oh, ma Ognuno davvero
era uccello; e il canto era dentro; e il cantare sara' eterno.