Berto Barbarani

Roberto Tiberio Barbarani (called Berto, 1872 – 1945) was an Italian poet. He wrote many poems in the Veronese dialect of Northern Italy and this bronze statue portraying him is placed in the margins of his beloved Piazza Erbe. The poet is facing the center of the square, looking at that statue of Madonna Verona that represents the much celebrated city in his poems. The inscription says Voria Cantar Verona, which is the first phrase of the one of the most famous poems of Barbarani, Romeo and Juliet. It expresses the desire to tell about the city, its history, its landscape and its people.

罗伯托·蒂贝里奥·巴巴拉尼（昵称贝托，1872年—1945年）是意大利诗人。他以意大利北部维罗纳方言（Veronese dialect）创作了大量诗歌，这座刻画其形象的青铜雕像便安放在他深爱的维罗纳草药广场（Piazza Erbe）的边缘地带。诗人面朝广场中央，目光投向那座象征这座在其诗作中备受赞誉的城市的维罗纳圣母像（Madonna Verona）。雕像铭文刻有“Voria Cantar Verona”，此句正是巴巴拉尼最负盛名的诗作之一《罗密欧与朱丽叶》（Romeo and Juliet）的开篇，抒发了诗人讲述这座城市的历史、描摹其景致、记述其民众，以歌颂故土的真挚愿景。