Language: Italian (Italiano)
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Ci ferirebbe forse, come un dardo, la luce.
Troppo lungo è stato il giorno: oh, troppo.
Ed io già penso al suo ritorno con orrore.
La luce è come un dardo!
Anche voi non l'amate; è vero?
Gli occhi vostri, nel giorno, sono stanchi.
Pare quasi che non possiate sollevare le palpebre,
Su quei dolorosi occhi;
E nulla, veramente, nulla è più triste
De l'ombra che le ciglia immote
Fanno talvolta a sommo de le gote
Quando la bocca non sorride più.
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Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
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Like a dagger, the light may wound us.
The day has been too long: oh, much too long.
And already I think of its return with fear.
Light is like a dagger!
You also do not love it, true?
During the day your eyes are tired.
It almost seems that you cannot lift the lids
Above your sorrowful eyes;
And nothing, truly, nothing is sadder
Than the shadow which your motionless eyelashes
Sometimes make on the summit of your cheeks
When your mouth no longer smiles.
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