Dolci durezze, et placide repulse,
piene di casto amore et di pietate;
leggiadri sdegni, che le mie infiammate
voglie tempraro ( or me n'accorgo), e 'nsulse;
gentil parlar, in cui chiaro refulse
con somma cortesia somma honestate;
fior di vertú, fontana di beltate,
ch'ogni basso penser del cor m'avulse;
divino sguardo da far l'uom felice,
or fiero in affrenar la mente ardita
a quel che giustamente si disdice,
or presto a confortar mia frale vita:
questo bel varïar fu la radice
di mia salute, ch'altramente era ita.
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Sweet harshness, and quiet rejection,
full of chaste love and sympathy:
gracious disdain, that (now I realise)
tempered my foolish and inflamed desire,
gentle speech, in which the height of courtesy
and the height of honesty shone together:
flower of virtue, fountain of beauty,
that uprooted all base thoughts from my heart:
a divine glance to make a man happy,
now fiercely reigning-in the eager mind
from what is rightly disapproved of,
now quick to comfort my frail life:
that lovely variety was the root
of my salvation, which else was far away.
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