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Alla luna → English translation
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Original lyrics
Alla luna
O graziosa luna, io mi rammento
Che, or volge l'anno, sovra questo colle
Io venia pien d'angoscia a rimirarti:
E tu pendevi allor su quella selva
Siccome or fai, che tutta la rischiari.
Ma nebuloso e tremulo dal pianto
Che mi sorgea sul ciglio, alle mie luci
Il tuo volto apparia, che travagliosa
Era mia vita: ed è, nè cangia stile,
O mia diletta luna. E pur mi giova
La ricordanza, e il noverar l'etate
Del mio dolore. Oh come grato occorre
Nel tempo giovanil, quando ancor lungo
La speme e breve ha la memoria il corso,
Il rimembrar delle passate cose,
Ancor che triste, e che l'affanno duri!
Submitted by cece_cas on 2015-09-07
Translation
To the moon
Oh graceful moon, I reminisce
A year has passed, since I came upon this hill
Full of grief, just to gaze at you:
And you were hanging above those woods,
The same as now, brightening all around.
But misty and clouded your countenance
appeared to me, with all those tears
rising on my lashes, so troubled
My life was: and still it is,
Nothing changed, delightful moon.
Anyway I'm glad of the remembrance
And to recall the years of my anguish.
When you're young and hope still has
A long course, and short is the memory,
It hurts so good to be reminded of the past things
No matter if they're sad, and you wish the pain to last.
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