Torquato Tasso idézetek
Torquato Tasso: Idézetek angolul
“Alike prepared for all fates, at each breath
assured of triumph and contemning death.”
Egualmente apprestato ad ogni sorte,
Si prometta vittoria, e sprezzi morte.
Canto X, stanza 38 (tr. Wickert)
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)
“Newborn Love has short wings. He can scarcely
hold them up, and does not spread them out to fly.”
Act II, scene ii.
Aminta (1573)
“Oh Dafne,
you truly had pitiless pity
when you stayed my dart.”
Dispietata pietate
Fù la tua veramente, ò Dafne, allhora,
Che ritenesti il dardo.
Act III, scene ii.
Aminta (1573)