Qual tenero diletto
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Qual tenero diletto
amare un vago oggetto,
che in sé costante aduna
il merto e la beltà!
Ma quanto è mai tiranna
la forza del destino
se amare ci condanna
chi vanto tal non ha.
Ah più non vive oh dio
quella che odiar dovrei:
ma in rammentar di lei
tormento amor mi dà.
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "What a tender delight", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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What a tender delight
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
What a tender delight it is
to love such a dear person
in whom meet up every so constantly
virtue and beauty.
But the force of destiny,
how tyrannical it is
if it should force one to love
somebody who merits no such claims.
O God, that person no longer lives
whom I must now hate and despise:
yet Love still torments me
whenever I think upon her.
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-20
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Word count: 68