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Io qui vagando al limitare intorno, Invan la pioggia invoco e la tempesta. Acciò che la ritenga al mio soggiorno. Pure il vento muggìa nella foresta, E muggìa fra le nubi il tuono errante, Pria che l'aurora in ciel fosse ridesta. O care nubi, o cielo, o terra, o piante, Parte la donna mia: pietà, se trova Pietà nel mondo un infelice amante. O turbine, or ti sveglia, or fate prova Di sommergermi, o nembi, insino a tanto Che il sole ad altre terre il dì rinnova. S'apre il ciel, cade il soffio, in ogni canto Posan l'erbe e le frondi, e m'abbarbaglia Le luci il crude Sol pregne di pianto.
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Word count: 111
Wandering around the threshold here, in vain do I invoke the rain and storm that they might keep my lady captive, for the wind had howled in the forest and thunder roved bellowing through the clouds before dawn rose in the sky. O dear clouds! O sky! O earth! O trees, my lady departs! Have mercy, if ever a hapless lover finds mercy in the world. Whirlwinds, now awaken, try to submerge me, squalls, until the sun renews the day in other lands. The sky opens, the wind subsides, all around the grass and leaves are motionless, and my tear-filled eyes are blinded by the cruel Sun.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-26
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