Ballate
BALLATA V
Light do I see within my Lady’s eyes
And loving spirits in its plenisphere
Which bear in strange delight on my heart’s care
Till Joy’s awakened from that sepulchre.
That which befalls me in my Lady’s presence
Bars explanations intellectual,
I seem to see a lady wonderful
Forth issue from Her lips, one whom no sense
Can fully tell the mind of and one whence
Another fair, swift born, moves marvellous,
From whom a star goes forth and speaketh thus:
“Lo, thy salvation is gone forth from thee.”
There where this Lady’s loveliness appeareth,
There’s heard a voice which goes before her ways
And seems to sing her name with such sweet praise
That my mouth fears to speak what name she beareth,
And my heart trembles for the grace she weareth,
While far in my soul’s deep the sighs astir
Speak thus: “Look well! For if thou look on her,
Then shalt thou see her virtue risen in heaven.”
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