by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Lumi, miei cari lumi
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  FRE
Lumi, miei cari lumi,
che lampeggiate un sì veloce sguardo
ch'a pena mira e fugge
e poi torna sì tardo
che 'l mio cor se ne strugge;
volgete a me, volgete
quei fuggitivi rai,
ch'oggetto non vedrete
in altra parte mai
con sì giusto desio,
che tanto vostro sia quanto son io.

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Yeux, dont la lumière", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-03
Line count: 11
Word count: 52