Ochi dolenti mie |
My grieving eyes |
Ochi dolenti mie, che pur piangete, Nonn à diviso la mente 'l disio Per che da voi si cela el viso pio, Gran virtù è refrenar volontate |
My grieving eyes, ever weeping, My mind desires exactly the same Because that lovely face, which has It is most valorous to curb one's desire |
(Lyrics taken from the critical edition of Landini's works, The works of Francesco Landini, ed. by Leonard Ellinwood, with textual collation by William A. McLaughlin (Cambridge, MA: Medieval Academy of America, 1945), p.130.)