by
Angelo Ambrogini (1454 - 1494), as Angelo Poliziano
L'eco
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Che fai tu, Eco, mentre io ti chiamo?
Amo.
Ami tu due, o pur un solo?
Un solo.
Ed io te solo, e non altri amo
Altri amo.
Dunque non ami tu un solo?
Un solo.
[Questo è un dirmi: I' non t'amo.
I' non t'amo.]1
Quel che tu ami, amil' tu solo?
Solo.
Chi t'ha levato dal mio amore?
Amore.
Che fa quello a chi porti amore?
Ah, more.
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Confirmed with Biblioteca scelta die Opere italiane antiche e moderne, vol. 159, Milano: Giovanni Silvestri, 1825, page 62. Appears in Poesie italiane, in Rime.
1 Malipiero: "Quest'è un dir io non t'amo./ Io non t'amo.
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- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The echo", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 16
Word count: 70
The echo
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
What are you doing, Echo, while I am calling you?
I love.
Do you love two, or one alone?
One alone.
And you alone, and no others do I love.
I love others.
Then you don’t love one alone?
One alone.
This is to say I don’t love you.
I don’t love you.
He whom you love, do you love him alone?
Alone.
Who has taken you away from my love?
Love.
What does he to whom you bring love do?
Ah, he dies.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Angelo Ambrogini (1454 - 1494), as Angelo Poliziano, "L'eco"
This text was added to the website: 2019-09-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 84