by
Lodovico Ariosto (1474 - 1533)
La fède
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
La fède mai non debbe esser corrotta,
O data a un sol,
O data anchor a cento,
Data in palese,
O data in una grotta!
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Faith
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
Faith must never be corrupted,
Or given to [only one],
Or given also to one hundred,
Given openly,
Or given in a cave!
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