“Come dell’ oro il fuocc
Scopre le masse impure,
Scoprono le sventure
De’ falsi amici il cor.”
“E’en as the fire lays bare
The gold’s impurities,
So our adversities
Our false friends’ hearts disclose.”
“Come il gelo a le piante, a i fior l’arsura,
La grandine a le spiche, a i semi il verme,
Le reti a i cervi, ed a gli augelli il visco,
Cosi nemico a I’liuom fu sempre amore.”
“As frost to plants, as burning heat to flowers,
Hail to the ear and to the seed the worm,
Nets to the deer and birdlime to the birds,
So to mankind was ever Love a foe.”
“Come roro nel foco,
Cosi la fede nel dolor s’affina.”
“As gold by tire, so faith
By suffering is refined.”
“Come la copia delle cose genera fastidio, cosi l’esser le desiderate
negate moltiplica l’appetito.”
Boccaccio. Decameron, Giornata IV., Novella III.
“As a plethora of good things generates satiety, so does the denial of our
wants increase our appetite.”
“Come ordine era date il tutto avvenne,
Che 'l consiglio del mal va raro in vano.”
“All to her impious hopes in course befell;
’Tis rare but evil deeds succeed too well."—(Hoole.)
“Come raggio del sol che illeso fende
La nebbia, e illeso sovra il fango passa,
Nulla di questa valle, oscura e bassa.
Air alma pura di costei s’apprende.”
PieDEMONTE. Sevmoni. Gli Incommodi della Bellezza.
“As the sun-ray the clouds, untainted, cleaves,
And shines upon the mud, yet still is pure.
So from this valley, sordid and obscure,
My lady’s spotless soul no stain receives.”
“Come strale o raggio,
“Like arrow, or like ray,
Blessings but come in sight to disappear.”
