Love made me laugh and cry, but never didGiovambattista Strozzi. 1593.
I write except in fire, in water, or in wind;
Often I found that mercy
Was cruel, always feeling myself die as others lived.
Sometimes from a darker abyss I rose to the sky,
Sometimes I fell down again;
Here at last I make my final stand!
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Poem: Love made me laugh and cry
I'm going to pull this out of an earlier post, where it's buried at the bottom; because it's such a lovely little poem:
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Here's the original Italian:
MADRIGALE.
Risi e piansi d'Amor; ne peró mai
Se non in fiamma, ò 'n onda, ò 'n vento scrissi;
Spesso mercè trovai
Crudel; sempre in me morto, in altri vissi!
Hor da' più scuri abyssi al ciel m'alzai,
Hor ne pur caddi giuso;
Stance al fin qui son chiuso!
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