by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Saggio guerriero antico
mai non ferisce in fretta.
Esamina il nemico;
il suo vantaggio aspetta;
né dal calor dell’ira
mai trasportar si fa.
 
Muove la destra, il piede,
finge, s’avvanza e cede,
fin che il momento arriva
che vincitor lo fa.

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  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "A wise warrior, tempered by age", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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