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O chiome belle
Original Language: Italian
O chiome belle,
Ch'all' aura sciolte,
Sembrate stelle
Nel ciel raccolte
Del vostro viso,
Mio Paradiso.
Voi che legando
I cor stringete,
Pietate amando
Se bella sete,
Pietate ancora
Bellezza onora.
Ah, s'io rimiro
L'altero lume
Per cui sospiro,
Un fonte, un fiume,
Io verso intanto
D'amaro pianto.
Voi fiammeggianti
Rubini ardenti,
Voi lumi santi
Che l'aure, e i venti
Rasserenate,
Ohimè, pietate.
Nè mi consola
Sguardo sereno,
Riso, o parola,
S'il cor vien meno
Miseramente,
O cor dolente.
English
Oh beautiful hair
Oh beautiful hair,
flowing in the breeze,
you're like stars
gathered in the heaven
of your face,
my paradise.
You who in joining
hearts bind them,
be as merciful in love
as you are beautiful,
for mercy brings
honor to beauty.
Ah, when I behold
the proud light
for which I sigh,
all the while
I shed a fountain, a river
of bitter tears.
You glowing
ardent rubies,
you blessed lights
that animate
the breezes and winds,
Ah, have mercy.
Nor am I consoled
by a smiling gaze,
a laugh, an encouraging word,
if my heart languishes
miserably,
Oh suffering heart.
Translated by:
Richard Kolb
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O chiome belle
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