Si dice che la storia della letteratura italiana inizi con questo famoso “indovinello veronese”, scritto verso la fine del 700 d.C.:
Teneva davanti a sé i buoi,
arava i bianchi prati,
ed un bianco aratro teneva
ed un nero seme seminava.
Di chi parla l’indovinello?
Some people say that the history of Italian literature begins with this famous “Veronese riddle”, written towards the end of 700 AD:
He held before him the oxen,
plowed white meadows,
and a white plow he held
and a black seed he sowed.
Who is the riddle talking about?