by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Amor, giustizia, amor!
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Amor, giustizia, amor!
Io no mi doglio invan.
Vedi, vedi la man’
ladra e rapace
d’impudica mendace
che spoglia il mio tesor.
Amor, giustizia, amor!
Quel cor è mio, quel cor,
quel bacio a me si vien,
quel seno, o Dio, quel sen,
quella bocca e quegl’occhi.
Non vò ch’altra gli tocchi.
Ahi torto, ahi rotta fé!
Si ridono di me
la ladra e il traditor.
Amor, giustizia, amor!
Quel gusto è di rapina,
rubato è quel piacer.
Di furto è quel diletto,
quel ben che ha in suo poter.
Lo tiene a mio dispetto.
O mia giusta querella,
o mio vero dolor!
Amor, giustizia, amor!
A chi parlo infelice?
Giustizia non ritrovo,
amor non m’ode.
Mentre chieggo il mio ben,
altri se il gode.
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- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , title 1: "Cupid, justice, Cupid!", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 125
Cupid, justice, Cupid!
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
Cupid, justice, Cupid!
I am not suffering without reason.
See the hand,
thieving and grasping,
of the immodest lying woman
who is stealing my darling.
Cupid, justice, Cupid!
That heart is mine,
that kiss should be coming to me,
that bosom, oh God!, that bosom,
that mouth and those eyes!
I do not want another woman to touch them.
Alas, guilt! Alas, broken faith!
They are laughing at me,
the thieving woman and the betrayer.
Cupid, justice, Cupid!
Her enjoyment is that of robbery,
stolen is her pleasure,
stolen is that delight,
that love that she has in her power.
She holds on to him to spite me.
Oh, my just complaint!
Oh, my real pain!
Cupid, justice, Cupid!
To whom can I speak, unhappy me?
I find no justice,
Cupid does not listen,
and while I’m seeking for my good,
others enjoy it.
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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-15
Line count: 29
Word count: 144