by Folgore da San Geminiano (flourished 1309-1317)
Translation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882)

Settembre
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Di settembre vi do diletti tanti:
falconi, astori, smerletti, sparvieri;
lunghe, gherbegli, geti con carnieri,
brachette con sonagli, pasto e guanti;
bolz' e balestre dritt' e ben portanti,
archi, strali, ballotte e ballottieri;
síanvi mudati guilfanghi ed astieri
nidaci e di tutt' altri uccel volanti,
che fosser buoni da snidar e prendere:
e l'un a l'altro tuttavia donando,
e possasi rubar, e non contendere,
quando con altra gente rincontrando;
la vostra borsa si' acconcia a spendere,
e tutti abbiate l'avarizia in bando.

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September
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano) 
And in September, [O what keen delight!]1
  [Falcons and astors]2 astors, merlins, sparrow-hawks;
  Decoy-birds that [shall]1 lure your game in flocks;
And hounds with [bells: and gauntlets stout and tight;
Wide pouches; crossbows]3 shooting out of sight;
  Arblasts and javelins; [balls and ball-cases;]1
  [All birds the best to fly at; moulting these,
Those reared by hand ; with finches mean and slight;
And for their chase,]1 all birds the best to fly;
  And each to each of you [be]4 lavish still 
  In gifts; and robbery find no gainsaying;
And if you meet with travellers going by,
  Their purses from your purse's flow shall fill;
And Avarice be the only outcast thing.

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•   C. Ives 

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1 omitted by Ives.
2 Ives: "falcons, astors"
3 Ives: "bells; crossbows"
4 Ives: "shall be"

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Word count: 110