Questa fenice de l'aurata piuma
al suo bel collo, candido, gentile,
forma senz'arte un sí caro monile,
ch'ogni cor addolcisce, e 'l mio consuma:
forma un diadema natural ch'alluma
l'aere d'intorno; e 'l tacito focile
d'Amor tragge indi un liquido sottile
foco che m'arde a la piú algente bruma.
Purpurea vesta d'un ceruleo lembo
sparso di rose i belli homeri vela:
novo habito, et bellezza unica et sola.
Fama ne l'odorato et ricco grembo
d'arabi monti lei ripone et cela,
che per lo nostro ciel sí altera vola.
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This phoenix with golden plumage
round her lovely neck, noble and white,
seems to have formed a dear necklace
by which all hearts are softened, mine consumed,
in the form of a natural diadem that lights
the air all round: and the silent furnace of Love
draws a subtle liquid fire from there
that warms me in the most ungentle weather.
A purple covering with a sky-blue hem
scattered with roses covers the lovely creature:
a novel dress, a rare and singular beauty.
Report places her, and hides her, in the rich
and scented vales of Arabian hills,
who flies in truth so nobly through our skies.
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