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Cantando come donna innamorata, |
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After she had finished speaking
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continüò col fin di sue parole: |
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like a lady touched by love she sang:
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"Beati quorum tecta sunt peccata!" |
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'Beati quorum tecta sunt peccata!'
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E come ninfe che si givan sole |
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And like the nymphs that wandered all alone |
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per le salvatiche ombre, disïando |
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through shaded forests, one seeking to find, |
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qual di veder, qual di fuggir lo sole, |
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another to escape, the sun, |
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allor si mosse contra 'l fiume, andando |
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she moved against the current's flow, |
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su per la riva; e io pari di lei, |
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walking along the bank, while I on my side |
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picciol passo con picciol seguitando. |
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tried to match her shorter steps with mine. |
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Non eran cento tra ' suoi passi e ' miei, |
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We had not taken a hundred steps between us |
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quando le ripe igualmente dier volta, |
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when the two banks curved as one around a bend |
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per modo ch'a levante mi rendei. |
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so that once more I was headed toward the east. |
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Né ancor fu così nostra via molta, |
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And we had not gone far in that direction |
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quando la donna tutta a me si torse, |
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when the lady turned and faced me, |
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dicendo: "Frate mio, guarda e ascolta." |
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saying: 'My brother, look and listen.' |
