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esser di marmo candido e addorno |
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was of white marble carved with so much art |
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d'intagli sì, che non pur Policleto, |
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that Polycletus and nature herself |
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ma la natura lì avrebbe scorno. |
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would there be put to shame. |
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L'angel che venne in terra col decreto |
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The angel who came to earth with the decree of peace |
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de la molt' anni lagrimata pace, |
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that had been wept and yearned for all those years, |
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ch'aperse il ciel del suo lungo divieto, |
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which opened Heaven, ending God's long ban, |
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dinanzi a noi pareva sì verace |
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appeared before us so vividly engraved |
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quivi intagliato in un atto soave, |
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in gracious attitude |
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che non sembiava imagine che tace. |
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it did not seem an image, carved and silent. |
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Giurato si saria ch'el dicesse "Ave!"; |
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One would have sworn he was saying 'Ave,' |
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perché iv' era imaginata quella |
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for she as well was pictured there |
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ch'ad aprir l'alto amor volse la chiave; |
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who turned the key to love on high. |
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e avea in atto impressa esta favella |
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And in her attitude imprinted were |
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"Ecce ancilla Deï," propriamente |
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the words: 'Ecce ancilla Dei' |
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come figura in cera si suggella. |
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as clearly as a figure stamped in wax. |
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"Non tener pur ad un loco la mente," |
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'Do not fix your mind on one part only,' |
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disse 'l dolce maestro, che m'avea |
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said the kind master, who had me |
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da quella parte onde 'l cuore ha la gente. |
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on that side of him where we have our hearts. |
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Per ch'i' mi mossi col viso, e vedea |
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At that I turned my face |
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di retro da Maria, da quella costa |
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and, looking beyond Mary, saw, |
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onde m'era colui che mi movea, |
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on the same side as he that prompted me, |
