Come all'urto aggressor
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Come all'urto aggressor d'un torrente
rovinosa alta mole cadente,
sotto al braccio del greco guerriero
tutto d'Asia l'impero cadrà.
Ma il valor, come belva feroce,
senza il senno a sé stesso pur nuoce:
sarò guida degli altri al furore,
e il mio vanto maggiore sarà.
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Beneath the arms of Grecian warriors", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Beneath the arms of Grecian warriors
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Beneath the arms of Grecian warriors
the Asiatic empire shall fall,
with the force of a pitiless seastorm
crashing upon a decrepit jetty.
But all this valor will be its own downfall
if, as the wild beasts exemplify,
it is not channeled with prudence.
I shall guide the others to wisely put their fury into action,
and I shall thereby have just cause to boast.
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