Che mi giova impero e soglio
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Che mi giova impero e soglio,
s’io non voglio uscir di affanni,
s’io nutrisco i miei tiranni
negli affetti del mio cor.
Che infelice al mondo io sia,
lo conosco, è colpa mia.
Non è colpa dello sdegno,
non è colpa dell’amor.
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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What good to me are empire and throne
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
What good to me are empire and throne
if I wish not to escape my suffering thereby,
if I persist rather in nourishing my tyrants
who reside within the recesses of my heart?
To the world I must seem so unhappy,
and by my fault I know this is so.
It is not the fault of enmity,
nor is it the fault of love.
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