Che dar più vi poss’io (Book 5)
What more can I give you?
My beloved, take this: I give you my heart
As a pledge of my faith and of my love.
I give it to you that you may give it life,
Do not let it die;
Nourish it with such sweet joy,
For Love made it yours, nature mine.
Don’t you see, my darling?
Upon it is carved your image.
Knowing too well that Destiny will destroy?
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