È falso il dir che uccida
Language: Italian (Italiano)
È falso il dir che uccida,
se dura un gran dolore,
e che, se non si muore,
sia facile a soffrir.
Questa ch’io provo è pena
che avanza ogni costanza,
che il viver m’avvelena,
e non mi fa morir.
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A falsehood it is to maintain
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
A falsehood it is to maintain
that, merely by lasting long enough,
great pain can kill, and that
it is easy enough to bear if one does not die first.
I undergo suffering which
all my constancy merely serves to advance,
and I prove that going on living poisons me,
yet I do not die.
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