Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG FRE GER POR SPA SPA
Se tu m'ami, se sospiri
Sol per me, gentil Pastor;
Ho dolor de' tuoi martiri,
Ho diletto del tuo amor.
Ma se pensi che soletto
Io ti debba riamar;
Pastorello, sei soggetto
Facilmente a t'ingannar.
...
Bella Rosa porporina
Oggi Silvia sceglierà;
Con la scusa della spina
Doman poi la sprezzerà.
Ma degli Uomini il consiglio
Io per me non seguirò;
Non perché mi piace il Giglio
Gli altri Fiori sprezzerò.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4-5 of the original text.
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Débora Letícia Batista) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Aminta Iriarte) , no title, copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Administrator] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 145
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
If you love me, if you sigh
Only for me, dear shepherd,
I am sorrowful for your sufferings;
yet I delight in your love.
But if you think that
I must in return love only you,
Little shepherd, you are subject
To deceiving yourself easily.
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The beautiful purple rose
Will Silvia choose today;
With the excuse of its thorns,
Tomorrow, then, will she despise it.
But the advice of the men
I will not follow -
Just because the lily pleases me,
I do not have to despise the other flowers.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4-5 of the original text.
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