“Taceano il vento, e l’onda, e da l’erbosa
Piaggia non si sentia mover bis-biglio;
L’aria, l’acqua e la terra in varie forme
Parean tacendo dire : Ecco Amor dorme.”
“Stilled be the breezes and the waves, and let
No murmur from the grass-clad slopes be heard;
Let earth and air and water silence keep,
Yet seem to whisper : Here lies Love, asleep.”
“Tacendo
Un gran piacer, non è piacer intero.”
“Pleasure keen, enjoyed
In silence, is not pleasure unalloyed.”
“Tal come il mal, il ben muore e rinasce,
Che altro il mal poi non e, che un bene in fasce.”
FiLicAjA, Canzone XXXI.
“Like unto evil, good doth ebb and flow;
An ill is naught but good in embryo.”
“Tal di me schiavo e d’altri e della sorte,
Conosco il meglio ed al peggior m’ appiglio,
E so invocare e non darmi la morbe.”
“Of fortune, of myself, of others slave,
I know the better course and choose the worst,
And call on death, yet ne’er her coming brave.”
“Tal l’aspro saettare, e tanto dura,
Che per l’ombra de’ dardi il ciel s’oscura.”
“And still the arrows flew so thick and fast.
That, as by clouds, the heavens were overcast.”
“Tal par gran maraviglia e poi si sprezza.”
“What first seems wondrous, after is despised.”
“Tal persona, tal pasta.”
“Different men are made of different stuff.”
“(Che) tal vantaggio ha il vivo ognor sul raorto,
Che chi vive ha ragion, chi muore ha torto.”
“Living o’er dead have aye this vantage strong.
That he who lives is right, who dies is wrong.”
