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Oh fortunate! ciascuna era certa |
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'O fortunate women! Each knew for certain |
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de la sua sepultura, e ancor nulla |
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where she would be buried, nor was any yet |
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era per Francia nel letto diserta. |
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forsaken in her bed at France's call. |
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L'una vegghiava a studio de la culla, |
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'One kept eager watch upon the cradle, |
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e, consolando, usava l'idïoma |
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using sounds and words that first delight |
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che prima i padri e le madri trastulla; |
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fathers and mothers when they soothe their child. |
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l'altra, traendo a la rocca la chioma, |
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'Another, while drawing the wool from its spool, |
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favoleggiava con la sua famiglia |
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would delight her household with the tales |
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d'i Troiani, di Fiesole e di Roma. |
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of Troy, Fiesole, and Rome. |
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Saria tenuta allor tal maraviglia |
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'A Cianghella or a Lapo Salterello, |
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una Cianghella, un Lapo Salterello, |
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in those days would have caused the same surprise |
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qual or saria Cincinnato e Corniglia. |
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as now would Cincinnatus or Cornelia. |
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A così riposato, a così bello |
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'It was to a municipal life so peaceful |
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viver di cittadini, a così fida |
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and so fair, to a citizenry so loyal, |
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cittadinanza, a così dolce ostello, |
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to so sweet a place to live, |
