Luigi Groto

thumb|If I err not, the lamp of day is nigh. Luigi Groto (7 September 1541 – 13 December 1585), also called Cieco d'Hadria ('the blind man of Adria'), was a blind Italian poet, lutenist, playwright and actor. Quotes thumb|The nightingale that wakes with us,With us laments mid thorns. S'io non erro, e presso il far del giorno.Udite il rossignuol, che con noi desto,Con noi geme fra i spini, e la nigiadaCol pianto nostro bagna l'herbe. Ahi lasso,Rivolgete la faccia a l'Oriente.Ecco incomincia a spuntar l'alba fuori,Portando un' altro sol sopra la terra,Che peró dal mio Sol resterà vinto. If I err not, the lamp of day is nigh.List to the nightingale, that wakes with us,With us laments mid thorns; and now the dew,Like our tears, pearls the grass. Ah me, alas,Turn toward the east thy face.There now begins the morning to break forth,Bringing another sun above the earthThat yet by my sun shall rest vanquished. Latino in La Hadriana (Venice, 1582). Extract translated by P[eter] A[ugustin] Daniel, Originals and Analogues I: 'Romeus and Juliet'; 'Rhomeo and Iulietta' (London: New Shakspere Society, 1875), p. iv. Compare: Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, III, v External links Category:1541 births Category:1585 deaths Category:Poets from Italy Category:Musicians from Italy Category:Playwrights from Italy Category:Actors from Italy Category:People from Venice