by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Cara e dolce dolce
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Cara e dolce dolce,
Dolcissima libertà,
Quanto ti piange il core.
Fra i lacci d'un crin d'oro
Prova d'un ciglio arcier la crudeltà.
Le dure ritorte,
Che rigida sorte
Mi dà per mercé
Mi stringono i pié
E al mio lungo penar negan pietà.
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- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , title 1: "Dear and very sweet", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Dear and very sweet
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Dear and very sweet,
sweetest liberty,
however much my heart weeps for you.
Caught in the bonds of a golden head of hair,
it feels the cruelty of an eye that shoots arrows.
The hard ropes
that unbending fate
gives me in mercy
tie my feet together
and deny pity to my long suffering.
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This text was added to the website: 2005-03-07
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