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L'alta bellezza tua
Language: Italian (Italiano)
L'alta bellezza tua, virtute, valore,
A che so donna mai donnato amore.
Quanto più miro el tuo lizadro aspeto
Angelico, real, digno d'impero,
D'amor s'enfiama più l'ardente peto,
Suilando ogn' altro fermo el pensero
In te sola, dea, signor mio dileto,
E farti anchor contenta certo spero.
L'alta bellezza tua, virtute, valore,
A che so donna mai donnato amore.
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Your great beauty", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Your great beauty
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Your great beauty, virtue, worth,
Have given me love for you, my lady.
The more I wonder at your beauteous face,
Angelic, regal, worthy of an empress,
The more my breast is enflamed with love.
Setting aside all others, my thoughts are fixed
On you alone, goddess, my chosen lady,
And to make you happy again is my sure hope.
Your great beauty, virtue, worth,
Have given me love for you, my lady.
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