O poggi, o valli, o fiumi, o selve, o campi
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O poggi, o valli, o fiumi, o selve, o campi,
o testimon' de la mia grave vita,
quante volte m'udiste chiamar morte!
Ahi dolorosa sorte
lo star mi strugge, e 'l fuggir non m'aita.
Ma se maggior paura
non m'affrenasse, via corta et spedita
trarrebbe a fin questa apra pena et dura;
et la colpa è di tal che non à cura.
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O hills, O Valleys, O rivers, O woods, O fields,
O witnesses to my hard life,
how many times have you heard me call for death!
Ah wretched fate
staying destroys me, and fleeing is no help.
But if a greater fear
did not restrain me, a short swift way
would bring this harsh bitter pain to an end:
and the blame would be hers who does not care.
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