Perfidissimo volto
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): FRE
Perfidissimo volto,
Ben l'usata bellezza in te si vede
Ma non l'usata fede.
Già mi parevi dir: «Quest'amorose
Luci che dolcemente
Rivolgo à te, sì bell'e sì pietose
Prima vedrai tu spente,
Che sia spento il desio ch'à te le gira.»
Ahi, che spento è'l desio,
Ma non è spento quel per cui sospira
L'abbandonato core!
O volto troppo vago e troppo rio,
Perchè se perdi amore
Non perdi ancor' vaghezza
O non hai pari alla beltà fermezza?
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Visage perfide", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-08
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Word count: 78
Visage perfide
Language: French (Français)  after the Italian (Italiano)
Visage perfide,
La beauté habituelle se voit en toi,
Mais pas la fidélité habituelle.
Déjà tu semblais me dire : « Ces yeux
Pleins d'amour que doucement
Je tourne vers toi, si beaux, si pleins d'attention,
Tu les verras s'éteindre
Avant que s'éteigne mon désir
Qui me fait te regarder. »
Hélas, ce désir est mort,
Mais il n'est pas éteint celui pour qui soupire
Le cœur abandonné.
Ô visage trop gracieux et trop cruel,
Pourquoi si tu n'aimes plus
Ne perds-tu pas ta beauté,
Oh, pourquoi ta constance n'égale-t-elle pas ta beauté ?
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-01
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Word count: 94