Ragione
«Ancor non vo' t'incresca d'ascoltarmi:
Alquanti motti ch'i' voglio ancor dire
A ritenere intendi e a udire,
Ché non potresti aprender miglior' salmi.
Tu sì à' cominciato a biasimarmi
Perch' i' l'Amor ti volea far fug[g]ire,
Che fa le genti vivendo morire:
E tu 'l saprai ancor se no·lo spalmi!
Sed i' difendo a ciaschedun l'ebrez[z]a,
Non vo' che 'l ber per ciò nes[s]un disami,
Se non se quello che la gente blez[z]a.
I' non difendo a·tte che·ttu non ami,
Ma non Amor che·tti tenga 'n distrez[z]a,
E nella fin dolente te ne chiami».
| Reason
"I don't want you to tire of listening to me:
please try to hear and remember
the few things I still want to say,
for you can not learn better psalms.
You have begun to blame me
because I wanted you to flee from Love,
who makes people die even as they live,
and one day this you'll learn if you don't free yourself from him!
If I forbid someone from drinking excessively,
I don't want people to hate drinking for this reason,
except for that variety that causes harm to people.
I do not forbid you from loving,
but I do want to stop Love from keeping you in distress,
and, in the end, to stop you from calling yourself wretched."
|