jørgen leth / from 'sports poems'

FAUSTO COPPI

Fausto coppi
was a fantastic human
most at ease entirely alone

When he attacked in the mountains
no-one could follow him, he
was a fantastic human

Departed early,
fausto coppi
fausto coppi



from Sportsdigte [Sports Poems] (1967)

© Jørgen Leth & Gyldendal, 1967
Translation © Martin Aitken, 2009