Able Muse - gaspara stampa https://www.ablemuse.com/taxonomy/term/1440/1440? en Rime 31 https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/gaspara-stampa/rime-31? <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;Chi non sa come dolce il cor si fura&rdquo;</em></p> <p>Someone whose heart has never flown away<br> in sweetness, who&rsquo;s not felt his . . . <br /> . . . . . . . . . .</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/gaspara-stampa/rime-31?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/gaspara-stampa/rime-31?#comments Poetry Translation adam elgar gaspara stampa italian poem poetry translation rime 31 sonnet translation v17 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:30:15 +0000 Alex Pepple 1081 at https://www.ablemuse.com Rime 21 https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/gaspara-stampa/rime-21? <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;S&rsquo;io, che son dio, ed ho meco tant&rsquo;armi&rdquo;</em></p> <p>&ldquo;Though I&rsquo;m a god with such a mighty bow <br> and arrows, your lord makes me second best, <br> for his . . . <br /> . . . . . . . . . .</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/gaspara-stampa/rime-21?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/gaspara-stampa/rime-21?#comments Poetry Translation adam elgar gaspara stampa italian poem poetry translation rime 21 sonnet translation v17 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:16:08 +0000 Alex Pepple 1080 at https://www.ablemuse.com Rime 8 https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/gaspara-stampa/rime-8? <p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Se, cos&iacute; come sono abietta e vile&rdquo;</em></p> <p>If, though I am a woman vile and low,<br /> I bear within me such a noble flame, <br /> why can&rsquo;t I be permitted to proclaim <br /> this with so style and brio, even so?<br /> If Love, playing a new, unheard-of game, <br /> has thrown me higher than I&rsquo;d ever go, <br /> may he not strike another novel blow <br /> and make my pain and pen one and the same?</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/gaspara-stampa/rime-8?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/gaspara-stampa/rime-8?#comments Poetry Translation adam elgar gaspara stampa italian poem poetry translation rime 8 sonnet translation v17 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:59:17 +0000 Alex Pepple 1079 at https://www.ablemuse.com Rime 5 https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/gaspara-stampa/rime-5? <p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;“Io assimiglio il mio signor al cielo”</em></p> <p>My lord is like the sky, it seems to me.<br> I see the sunshine in his . . . <br /> . . . . . . . . . .</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/gaspara-stampa/rime-5?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/gaspara-stampa/rime-5?#comments Poetry Translation adam elgar gaspara stampa italian poem poetry translation rime 5 sonnet translation v17 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:41:23 +0000 Alex Pepple 1078 at https://www.ablemuse.com Rime 4 https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/gaspara-stampa/rime-4? <p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Quando fu prima il mio signor concetto&rdquo; </em></p> <p>When first the seed that made my lord was sown <br> the stars and planets gave him every grace <br> and all the gifts that . . . <br /> . . . . . . . . . .</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/gaspara-stampa/rime-4?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/gaspara-stampa/rime-4?#comments Poetry Translation adam elgar gaspara stampa italian poem poetry translation rime 4 sonnet translation v17 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:19:41 +0000 Alex Pepple 1077 at https://www.ablemuse.com Gaspara Stampa https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/gaspara-stampa? <p>Gaspara Stampa was born in Padua in about 1523 to Bartolomeo and Cecilia Stampa. Her father, a jewel merchant, died in the early 1530s leaving the family impoverished. Cecilia moved to her native city, Venice, where Gaspara and her sister Cassandra became celebrated musicians.<p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/gaspara-stampa?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/gaspara-stampa?#comments Bios adam elgar author bio gaspara stampa italian poem poems poetry poetry translation translation v17 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:46:36 +0000 Alex Pepple 1076 at https://www.ablemuse.com Adam Elgar https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/adam-elgar? <p>Adam Elgar&rsquo;s poems have appeared in a range of journals including<em> Poetry Review, Stand, Warwick Review, Magma, Orbis, </em>and<em> Iota</em>. He also translates verse and prose from Italian and French. The novelist and scientist Alessandra Lavagnino is collaborating with him on the complete translation of her work. His version of her novella <em>Truth and Flies</em> is published by Troubador Storia, and her short stories have appeared in <em>Stand</em> and <em>New Walk</em> magazines in Elgar&rsquo;s translations.<p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/adam-elgar?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/adam-elgar?#comments Bios adam elgar author bio gaspara stampa italian poem poetry poetry translation translation v17 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:16:40 +0000 Alex Pepple 1075 at https://www.ablemuse.com