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Non occorre ch'io ci pensi
Original Language: Italian
Non occorre ch'io ci pensi,
Il mio caso è già spedito,
Poi che Lilla ha stabilito
Darmi ognor martiri immensi.
S'io piango ella ride,
S'io rido mi strugge;
S'io seguo mi fugge,
S'io fuggo m'uccide:
Così per lei non ho più core né sensi.
Non occorre...
S'io provo lasciarla,
Più'l laccio mi stringe;
S'un guardo ella finge,
E d'huopo adorarla:
Così a un idol crudel spargo gl'incensi.
Non occorre...
Poet:
English
No Need
No need for me to think about it,
I'm already done for,
since Lilla has decided
to keep inflicting me with extreme torment.
If I weep she laughs,
if I laugh she cuts me down;
if I follow her she flees,
if I run away she slays me:
so because of her I have no more heart or senses.
No need...
If I try to leave her,
the bonds hold me more tightly;
If she gives me a feigned glance,
I'm obliged to adore her:
Thus I scatter incense to a cruel idol.
No need...
Translated by:
Richard Kolb
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Non occorre
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