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Così non la voglio
Original Language: Italian
Così non la voglio:
Di te, ria fortuna,
Nemica mia sorte,
Pur troppo mi doglio,
Così non la voglio.
Lusingando i miei pensieri,
Mi prometti alte speranze,
Ma poi rigidi e severi,
Trovo i fatti alle sembianze.
Cerco il porto d'amor, ma incontr'un scoglio.
Così non la voglio...
Vezzeggiando le mie brame,
Credo haver propitio amore,
Ma nutrendo in sen le fiamme,
Martirizzo questo core.
Tento scioglier il piè, ma più l'imbroglio.
Così non la voglio...
Poet:
English
I don't want it to be like that
I don't want it to be like that:
for you, vicious fortune,
enemy of my fate,
I suffer too much;
I don't want it to be like that.
Beguiling my thoughts,
you promise me high hopes,
but then I find reality to be
rigid and stern;
I seek the port of love, but run into a rock.
I don't want it to be like that...
Flattering my desires,
I believe I've found favorable love,
but by nourishing these flames in my breast
I torment my heart;
I try to break free, but get all the more entangled.
I don't want it to be like that...
Translated by:
Richard Kolb
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Così non la voglio
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