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| Author | Message | | | Posted on Sat Dec 24, 2011 22:27:33 | |
| | This one seemed to work better in terza rima
Lesbia, let us live, and let us love
and if we valued old men's tales aright
a price of just one penny we'd approve!
The sun will set, and rising, send its light
to us just once before it fails, before
we're made to sleep the never-ending night.
Give me a thousand kisses, a hundred more,
Another thousand, and a hundred new,
And yet another thousand, and fivescore.
And after many thousands, I and you
we'll mix theem up in glorious confusion
so no-one can be bad or jealous who
can count our kisses in their wild profusion.
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| | | Posted at Sun Dec 25, 2011 08:20:56 | Quote |
| | | Quote: | | | | | This one seemed to work better in terza rima |
Indeed. Actually, I really like this translation. Very pleasant to read! | |
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