“Non spegnera il suo seme
Chi fa crescer altrui.”
“His own crops he shall not uproot
That maketh others’ crops to grow.”
“(Che) non torri superbi e forti mura,
Non larghe fosse, non fiumi vicini
Fan da’ nimici una città sicura,
Ma la fede e il valor de’ cittadini.”
“Not frowning battlement nor lofty tower,
Not trenches wide nor river running by-
Shall save a city from her foeman’s power,
But her sons’ valour and fidelity.”
“Non v’ accorgete voi, che noi siam vermi
Nati a formar l’angelica farfalla,
Che vola alia giustizia senza schermi?”
“That we are worms have ye not yet perceived,
Born but to form the angelic butterfly
That soareth up to judgment unreprieved? ”
— (J. I. Minchin.)
“Non v’ ha si sciocco senator di lira,
Che un piiJl sciocco non trovi, che l’ammira.”
“There ’s not so big a fool that twangs the lyre,
But he shall find a bigger to admire.”
“Non ver legnaggio fa sangue, ma core,
N6 vero pregio poder, ma virtute.”
GuiTTONE d’Arbzzo. Cauzone XXII.
“Not blood but heart doth noble lineage make;
True worth in virtue lies and not in power,”
“Non vi ha cosa che rechi maggior ornamento al Prencipe, che l’haver buoni officiali.”
“There is nothing that adds more lustre to a prince than having efficient officers.”
“Non vi vieto per questo (ch’ avrei torto)
Che vi lasciate amar; che senza amante
Sareste come inculta vite in orto,
Che non ha palo, ove s’appoggi, o piante.”
“Yet think not that my verse forbids to love;
Such thoughts far distant from your bard remove!
The lonely maid is like the vine that knows
No friendly elm with tendrils to enclose,
But creeps neglected."—(Hoole.)
