{"id":283,"date":"2010-03-08T10:27:33","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T10:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=283"},"modified":"2018-04-12T10:32:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T08:32:09","slug":"tanto-gentile-e-tanto-onesta-pare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/tanto-gentile-e-tanto-onesta-pare\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s time to pause my series<\/span><\/span> of \u2018Gesture of the Day\u2019 blogs for a moment (yes, don\u2019t worry,<\/span><\/span> there are more to come!) and move from<\/span><\/span> il profano al sacro<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (from the profane to the sacred) in order to commemorate <\/span><\/span>La Festa della Donna<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (International Women’s Day), which is celebrated here in Italy and<\/span><\/span> in many other<\/span><\/span> <\/span>countries around the world on the 8th of March.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Last year I wrote about the origins of this festival<\/span><\/span> and the synonymous tradition of the mimosa flower.<\/span><\/span> Today I\u2019m going to translate for you <\/span><\/span>un bellissimo<\/span><\/span><\/strong> sonetto <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(a beautiful sonnet)<\/span><\/span> called<\/span><\/span> Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (So gentle and so dignified she appears) by that greatest of Italian poets Dante Alighieri.<\/span><\/span> Written around the year 1290, this<\/span><\/span> sensuous<\/span><\/span> sonnet<\/span><\/span> is dedicated to Beatrice, Dante\u2019s <\/span><\/span>Donna Angelicata<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (angel-like<\/span><\/span> woman), who<\/span><\/span> was the font of inspiration for<\/span><\/span> all of his poetic work, including<\/span><\/span> La<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Divina Commedia<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>la donna mia quand\u2019ella altrui saluta,
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>ch\u2019ogne lingua dev\u00e8n tremando muta,
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>e li occhi no l\u2019ardiscon di guardare.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ella si va, sentendosi laudare,
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>benignamente d\u2019umilt\u00e0 vestuta;
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>e par che sia una cosa venuta
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>da cielo in terra a miracol mostrare.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mostrasi s\u00ec piacente a chi la mira,
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>che d\u00e0 per li occhi una dolcezza al core
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>che \u2018ntender no la pu\u00f2 chi no la prova:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

e par che de la sua labbia si mova
\nun spirito soave pien d\u2019amore,
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>che va dicendo a l\u2019anima: Sospira.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

So gentle and so dignified appears
\n<\/span><\/span>my lady when she greets others,
\n<\/span><\/span>that every trembling tongue becomes dumb,
\n<\/span><\/span>and their eyes do not dare look upon her.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She walks on, hearing herself praised,
\n<\/span><\/span>benignly clothed in humility;
\n<\/span><\/span>and seems to be something arrived
\n<\/span><\/span>from Heaven as a miracle on Earth.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She appears so pleasant to\u00a0those who\u00a0look upon her,
\n<\/span><\/span>and through her eyes a sweetness touches\u00a0the heart,
\n<\/span><\/span>which cannot be understood by those who feel it not: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

and it seems that from her lips emanates
\n<\/span><\/span>a delicate spirit full of love,
\n<\/span><\/span>that speaks to the soul: Sigh.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s time to pause my series of \u2018Gesture of the Day\u2019 blogs for a moment (yes, don\u2019t worry, there are more to come!) and move from il profano al sacro (from the profane to the sacred) in order to commemorate La Festa della Donna (International Women’s Day), which is celebrated here in Italy and in…<\/p>\n

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