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Amor, ch'al cor gentil ratto s'apprende, |
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'Love, quick to kindle in the gentle heart, |
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prese costui de la bella persona |
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seized this man with the fair form taken from me. |
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che mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende. |
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The way of it afflicts me still. |
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Amor, ch'a nullo amato amar perdona, |
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'Love, which absolves no one beloved from loving, |
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mi prese del costui piacer sì forte, |
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seized me so strongly with his charm that, |
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che, come vedi, ancor non m'abbandona. |
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as you see, it has not left me yet. |
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Amor condusse noi ad una morte. |
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'Love brought us to one death. |
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Caina attende chi a vita ci spense." |
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Caïna waits for him who quenched our lives.' |
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Queste parole da lor ci fuor porte. |
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These words were borne from them to us. |
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Quand' io intesi quell' anime offense, |
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And when I heard two those afflicted souls |
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china' il viso, e tanto il tenni basso, |
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I bowed my head and held it low until at last |
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fin che 'l poeta mi disse: "Che pense?" |
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the poet said: 'What are your thoughts?' |
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Quando rispuosi, cominciai: "Oh lasso, |
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In answer I replied: 'Oh, |
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quanti dolci pensier, quanto disio |
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how many sweet thoughts, what great desire, |
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menò costoro al doloroso passo!" |
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have brought them to this woeful pass!' |
