by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
O bellissimi capelli
Language: Italian (Italiano)
O bellissimi capelli
Miei dolcissimi diletti,
Amorosi serpentelli,
Che ritorti in anelletti
Discendete in fra le rose
De le guancie rugiadose.
Treccie ombrose, ove s'asconde,
Per ferir, l'alato arciero,
Cedan più le chiome bionde,
Belle treccie, al vostro nero
Che scherzando al viso intorno
Notte siete e gli occhi giorno.
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- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Oh beautiful hair", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 12
Word count: 50
Oh beautiful hair
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Oh beautiful hair,
My sweetest delight,
Amorous serpentines,
Which twisted into ringlets
Descend among the roses
Of [her] dewy cheeks.
Shaded tresses ― where hides,
[Ready] to wound, the winged archer ―
Cede furthermore the blonde manes;
Beautiful tresses, [for] your blackness
Which is playing [with] the nearby face,
You are [the] night and [her] eyes [the] day.
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