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è tanto, che non basta a dicer "poco." |
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to call them little is to praise them much. |
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O luce etterna che sola in te sidi, |
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O eternal Light, abiding in yourself alone, |
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sola t'intendi, e da te intelletta |
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knowing yourself alone, and, known to yourself |
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e intendente te ami e arridi! |
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and knowing, loving and smiling on yourself! |
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Quella circulazion che sì concetta |
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That circling which, thus conceived, |
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pareva in te come lume reflesso, |
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appeared in you as light's reflection, |
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da li occhi miei alquanto circunspetta, |
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once my eyes had gazed on it a while, seemed, |
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dentro da sé, del suo colore stesso, |
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within itself and in its very color, |
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mi parve pinta de la nostra effige: |
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to be painted with our likeness, |
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per che 'l mio viso in lei tutto era messo. |
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so that my sight was all absorbed in it. |
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Qual è 'l geomètra che tutto s'affige |
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Like the geometer who fully applies himself |
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per misurar lo cerchio, e non ritrova, |
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to square the circle and, for all his thought, |
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pensando, quel principio ond' elli indige, |
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cannot discover the principle he lacks, |
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tal era io a quella vista nova: |
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such was I at that strange new sight. |
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veder voleva come si convenne |
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I tried to see how the image fit the circle |
