Boiardo Tarocchi Poem | /// |
TIMOR Ptolemeo re, subito volto Ebbe contra Pompeo, sol per paura Che Cesar non gli avesse il regno tolto. FEAR once turned king Ptolemy Against Pompey, merely because Ptolemy was afraid That Caesar would have taken his kingdom away from him. |
GELOSIA Turno re, promisso erede Del re Latino, indusse a mortal guerra: E morto fu, chè morte indi procede. JEALOUSY induced king Turnus, who was the heir of king Latinus, to start a lethal war: And he was killed, because death proceeds of such things. |
SPERANZA Jason, d'animo non lasso, Con gli Argonauti a l'aureo velo adduxe, Per molti casi e in periglioso passo. HOPE brought Jason, of unstrained soul, And the Argonauts to the golden fleece Through many adventures and a dangerous travel. |
AMOR Paride fece si animoso, Che ardito fu rapir Elena bella, Ché ciascun cor Amor fa generoso. LOVE made Paris so courageous, That he dared to abduct beautiful Helen, Because Love makes each heart generous. |