Text & Translation
Un certo non so che
Italian source:
Anon.
Mi giunge e passa il cor,
E pur dolor, non è.
Se questo fosse amor?
Nel suo vorace ardor,
Già posi incauta,
Posi il piè!
Something intangible, unknown
English translation ©
Nicholas Cornforth
Is reaching and passing through my heart
And yet pain it is not.
What if this were love?
Into its ferocious burning passion,
And reckless abandon,
I have already stepped!
Un certo non so che
Italian source:
Anon.
Something intangible, unknown
English source:
Nicholas Cornforth
Un certo non so che
Something intangible, unknown
Mi giunge e passa il cor,
Is reaching and passing through my heart
E pur dolor, non è.
And yet pain it is not.
Se questo fosse amor?
What if this were love?
Nel suo vorace ardor,
Into its ferocious burning passion,
Già posi incauta,
And reckless abandon,
Posi il piè!
I have already stepped!
