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voi mi date a parlar tutta baldezza; 17 You prompt me to speak with bold assurance.
 
voi mi levate sì, ch'i' son più ch'io. 18 You raise me up, so I am more than I.
 
    Per tanti rivi s'empie d'allegrezza 19 'My mind is flooded by such rivers of delight
 
la mente mia, che di sé fa letizia 20 that it exults it has not burst
 
perché può sostener che non si spezza. 21 with so much happiness and joy.
 
    Ditemi dunque, cara mia primizia, 22 'Tell me then, belovèd stock from which I spring,
 
quai fuor li vostri antichi e quai fuor li anni 23 who were Your ancestors, and say what were the years
 
che si segnaro in vostra püerizia; 24 written in the record of Your childhood.

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