Sonnet from the Italian of Dante
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Sonnet from the Italian of Dante by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Ft. Dante Alighieri)
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This is a free, rhymed translation of Dante Alighieri’s Rime 52: Guido, i' vorrei….
Original text:
DANTE A GUIDO CAVALCANTI
Guido, i’ vorrei che tu e Lapo ed io
fossimo presi per incantamento
e messi in un vasel, ch’ad ogni vento
per mare andasse al voler vostro e mio;
sì che fortuna od altro tem...
Sonnet from the Italian of Dante Annotated
Dante Alighieri to Guido Cavalcanti
Guido, I would that Lapo, thou, and I,
Led by some strong enchantment, might ascend
A magic ship, whose charmèd sails should fly
With winds at will where’er our thoughts might wend,
So that no change, nor any evil chance
Should mar our joyous voyage; but it might be,
That even satiety should still enhance
Between our hearts their strict community:
And that the bounteous wizard then would place
Vanna and Bice and my gentle love,
Companions of our wandering, and would grace
With passionate talk, wherever we might rove,
Our time, and each were as content and free
As I believe that thou and I should be.
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Percy-bysshe-shelley released Sonnet from the Italian of Dante on Sun Jan 01 1815.