Boiardo Tarocchi Poem | /// |
Trump Pair 01 | |||
L'ocio Sardanapallo occisoso in piume Tenne, e in lascive concubine e gola, Tanto che del regnar perse il costume. Lazyness kept Sardanapalus idle between feathers, Lustful concubines and banquet, For so long that he lost the habit of reigning. |
Fatica fece Hyppolita, che sola De le amazone merito corona: E in Scithia e in Gretia anchor suo nome vola. Hyppolita endured such efforts, that she is the only Of the amazons who is crowned by merit: And her name still flies in Scythia and in Greece. |
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4 Suits 01 | |||
TIMOR un'alma tien tanto dubiosa Ch'ella ha poca ragion di viver lieta, Qual mai non gode e sempre è paurosa. FEAR keeps a soul is such doubts That it has little reason to live happily, Because it never enjoys and is always afraid. |
GELOSIA un vero amor non po smarrire, Ché s'uno amante va cum pura fede, Amor il premia al fin del suo servire. JEALOUSY cannot spoil a true love, Because if a lover goes with pure faithfulness, Love rewards him at the end of his service. |
SPERANZA unita tien co `l corpo un'alma Talor, che senza lei non staria in vita, Poi spesso giunge a victoriosa palma. HOPE sometimes keeps a body joint with A soul, that would not live without it, And in the end it always reaches the palm of victory. |
AMORE, un che cum te cerchi bon stato, Sollicito, animoso e prompto sia, Che, nel fin, a chi dura el pregio è dato. LOVE, if someone wants to be in good relations with you, He has to be ready, courageous and prompt, For, in the end, who holds on wins the prize. |