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Maddalena alla croce
Language: Italian (Italiano)
A piè della gran croce, in cui languiva
Vicino a morte il buon Giesù spirante,
Scapigliata così pianger s’udiva
La sua fedele addolorata amante.
E dell’humor, que da’begli occhi usciva
E dell’or della chioma ondosa, errante
Non mandò mai, da che la vita è viva
Perle, od oro più bel l’India, ò l’Atlante.
Come far (dicca) lassa, ò Signor mio,
Puoi senza me quest’ ultima partita?
Come, morendo tù, viver poss’io?
Che se morir pur vuoi, l’anima unita
Ho teco (il sai, mio Redentor, mio Dio)
Però teco haver deggio e morte, e vita.
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Madeleine au pied de la croix
Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)
Au pied de la grande croix où languissait,
Voisin de la mort, le bon Jésus expirant,
On entendait pleurer, échevelée,
Sa fidèle amante affligée.
Et de l'humeur qui sortait de ses beaux yeux,
Et de l'or de ses cheveux ondulés,
Nul n'a émis, depuis que la vie est vie,
Perle ou or plus beaux que ceux de l'Inde ou de l'Atlas.
Comment peux-tu laisser faire, disait-elle, ô mon Seigneur,
Sans moi cet ultime départ ?
Comment, si tu meurs, puis-je vivre ?
Même si tu veux mourir, mon âme est unie
Avec toi, tu le sais, mon Rédempteur, mon Dieu,
Mais avec toi je dois avoir et la mort et la vie.
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