Ahi dispietata morte, ahi crudel vita!
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Ahi dispietata morte, ahi crudel vita!
L'una m'à posto in doglia,
et mie speranze acerbamente à spente;
l'altra mi tèn qua giú contra mia voglia,
et lei che se n'è gita
seguir non posso, ch'ella nol consente.
Ma pur ogni or presente
nel mezzo del meo cor madonna siede,
et qual è la mia vita, ella sel vede.
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Ah, pitiless death, ah cruel life!
One plunged me in grief,
and bitterly quenched my hopes:
the other holds me here against my will,
and she who has gone
I cannot follow: she will not let me.
But, in every moment, my lady
is seated in the centre of my heart,
and what my life is now, she sees.
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