Disse il ver? parlò per gioco?
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Disse il ver? parlò per gioco?
Mi confondo a' detti sui
e comincio a poco a poco
di me stesso a dubitar.
Pianger fanno i pianti altrui,
sospirar gli altrui sospiri;
ben potrian gli altrui deliri
insegnarmi a delirar.
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Did she speak the truth? Was she joking?", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Did she speak the truth? Was she joking?
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Did she speak the truth? Was she joking?
What she has said confuses me,
and I slowly begin to doubt
even myself.
The weeping of others surely causes me to shed tears,
and others' sighs cause me to sigh;
so indeed others' delirium may well show
me as well how to go insane.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2018 by Andrew Schneider, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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