| Ti prego, metti la tunica bianchissima e vieni a me Davanti: intorno a te vola desiderio d’amore.
| Please, put on your very white tunic and come to me. In front of you: desire for love flies around you.
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| Astimelusa nulla mi risponde, ma con la sua corona
| Astimelusa answers me nothing, but with her crown
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| Pare pare un germoglio d’oro, una morbida piuma
| She looks like a golden bud, a soft feather
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| Ti porgo questa corona d’elicriso, mirti, rose,
| I offer you this crown of helichrysum, myrtles, roses,
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| Tenere fronde, alloro e una collana d’oro
| Hold fronds, laurel and a gold necklace
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| Ti prego, metti la tunica bianchissima e vieni a me Davanti, tra viole, pomi e alcioni dalle lunghe ali
| Please put on your very white tunic and come to me in front of you, among violets, apples and long-winged halcyons
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| Astimelusa nulla mi risponde e guarda tra ciglia
| Astimelusa, she answers nothing and looks through her eyelashes
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| Azzurre con quegli occhi struggenti, occhilucente
| Blue with those heartbreaking eyes, shining eyes
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| Pare una stella figlia del cielo e della chiara luna,
| It looks like a star born of the sky and of the clear moon,
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| Ti crebbro fra petali di rosa ed alghe porporine
| I crebbro between rose petals and purple algae
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| Ti prego, metti la tunica bianchissima e vieni a me Davanti, a fior dell’onda, cangiante come il mare
| Please put on your white tunic and come to me. In front of the wave, as iridescent as the sea
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| Astimelusa nulla mi risponde, screziati manti e veli
| Astimelusa answers me nothing, mottled cloaks and veils
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| E fibbie ella si scioglie e non ha tremiti
| And buckles she melts and does not tremble
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| Ho parlato in sogno a te Afrodite, piena splendeva
| I spoke to Aphrodite in a dream, full she shone
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| La luna, ora l’amata cetra tocco e canto amore.
| The moon, now my beloved zither I touch and sing love.
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| Alclane, Ibico, Saffo, Anacreonte. | Alclane, Ibycus, Sappho, Anacreon. |