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Translation Trashbin - 45. Ride or lieta la terra, e i fiori a pruova
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Translation of
Sonetto N. 89
di Benedetto Varchi
a messer Giovanni de' Pazzi
Ride or lieta la terra, e i fiori a pruova
Delle stelle del ciel di color mille
Risplendon per li prati, e per le ville
Vestesi ogni arboscel di fronde nuova.
Tace il mar, posa il vento, e non si truova
Cosa che l'amorose alme faville
Non senta intorno al cor dolci e tranquille;
Ch'ardere or per amor diletta e giova.
Gl'uomini, gl'animai, gl'arbori e l'erbe,
E quanto scalda il sol d'amare invoglia
Virtù, che 'l terzo ciel benigno piove.
Sol quelle sempre dolci e sempre acerbe,
Cui folgore non tocca, o vento muove,
Non cangian mai color, se mutan foglie.
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Sonnet No. 89
by Benedetto Varchi
for young master Giovanni de’ Pazzi
The earth laughs and delights, and her flowers outshine
The stars in the sky with their thousand-colored hues
O’er houses and resplendent across the fields’ views
As she with fresh leaves the shrubs enrobe and entwine.
The sea’s hushed, the winds lay low, or simply recline
Like the amorous love sparkles your soul renews
Here ‘round my heart, gentle and still for you to use;
Catch fire and for love be filled with joy like mine.
For men, the beasts, the woods and each shade of plant life,
It’s how the engendering sun invites to love
Potency, when the third kindled heaven descends.
Only those untouched and tart try to avoid strife,
Those whom lightning will not shake, or the breeze move,
Won’t grow, never can blush, and the stagnant defends.
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