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Matteo Maria Boiardo
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Matteo Maria Boiardo, Conte di Scandiano (c. 1440 – December 19 1494) was an Italian poet and dramatist, best known for his romance Orlando Innamorato.
Quotes
Poco ha doglia chi dolendo tace.
Not deep his sorrow who in silence grieves.
Sonetti e Canzoni, Book II, as reported in T. B. Harbottle's Dictionary of Quotations (French and Italian) (1904), p. 395
Orlando Innamorato
page=7|thumb|Boiardo - L'Orlando innamorato. 2, 191-?
English quotations are taken from Charles Stanley Ross (trans.) Orlando Innamorato: Orlando in Love (West Lafayette, Ind.: Parlor Press, 2004).
Così nel tempo che virtù fioriaNe li antiqui segnori e cavallieri,Con noi stava allegrezza e cortesia,E poi fuggirno per strani sentieri,Sì che un gran tempo smarirno la via,Né del più ritornar ferno pensieri;Ora è il mal vento e quel verno compito,E torna il mondo di virtù fiorito.
So, in the time when virtue bloomedIn lords and cavaliers of old,We lived with joy and courtesy,But then they fled down distant roadsAnd for a long time lost the wayAnd nevermore returned; but nowThe winter and sharp winds are gone,And virtue blossoms as before.
Bk. 2, Canto 1, st. 2
Però che Amore è quel che dà la gloria,E che fa l'omo degno ed onorato,Amore è quel che dona la vittoria,E dona ardire al cavalliero armato
Love is the source of glory andBrings worth and honor to a man,For victory is what Love grants;Love makes an armed knight valiant.
Bk. 2, Canto 18, st. 3
E seguirovi, sì come io suoliva,Strane aventure e battaglie amorose,Quando virtute al bon tempo fiorivaTra cavallieri e dame grazïose,Facendo prove in boschi ed ogni riva,Come Turpino al suo libro ce espose.Ciò vo' seguire, e sol chiedo di gracciaChe con diletto lo ascoltar vi piaccia.
And I'll pursue, as always, strangeAdventures, battles fought for loveWhen virtue prospered long agoAnd ladies fair and barons boldFaced trials in forests or by streams,As Turpin in his book reveals.I only ask, as I pursue,That hearing may bring joy to you.
Bk. 3, Canto 1, st. 4
Timone (c. 1487)
Quotes as reported in T. B. Habottle's Dictionary of Quotations (Italian) (1904)
Chi vuole aver soggetti, che obbediscano,Convien, che prima sappia comandare.
Whoso obedience from his subjects seeks,'Tis fitting that he first should learn to rule.
Act II, scene i
Atto regale e intender la ragione.
It is a kingly act to listen to reason.
Act II, scene i
Siccome al Cane in guardia posto all'orto,Che non mangia i poponi, e non congente,Che altri ne mangi, ogni uomo gli dà torto.
Like dog that in the garden keepeth ward,Eating no melons, but allowing noneTo eat thereof, he is of all abhorred.
Act II, scene i
La roba non fa mai l' uomo beato.
'Tis not possessions that bring happiness.
Act IV, scene vi
External links
Boiardo at Italian Wikisource
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Category:Playwrights from Italy
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Category:1494 deaths
Category:People from Emilia-Romagna