Landing

Happy the man who has made harbor,
who leaves behind him seas and storms,
whose dreams are dead or never born,
and who sits and drinks in a Bremen beer-hall,
beside the stove, in peace and quiet.
Happy the man like and an extinguished flame,
happy the man like estuary sand,
who has laid down his load and wiped his forehead
and rests at the side of the road.
He fears nothing, hope for nothing, expect nothing,
but stares fixedly at the setting sun.

Primo Levi

Primo Levi (1919 - 1987), was an excellent student during his studies, very rational but at the same time creative and sensitive. "Landing" is a text written at the end of his life which, marked by the deportation to Auschwitz during the war, finally finds serenity.