| Samuel Waddington, comp. The Sonnets of Europe. 1888. | | | | Love and Lapo | | By Guido Cavalcanti (1255–1300) |
| | Translated by Warburton Pike
IF you, my Dante (this I pray | |
| You much), see Love with Lapo near, | |
| Take heed, and then if Love you hear | |
| Call Lapo lover, write and say;— | |
| And tell me, if his lady’s sway | 5 |
| Seem kind, and he in guise appear | |
| Of gallant, since such folk, I fear, | |
| When tired of work, at loving play! | |
| You know, when in his court Love reigns | |
| No one can serve, but he who’s true, | 10 |
| A lady who is wandering there;— | |
| And if his patience favour gains, | |
| The marks of that are known to you, | |
| Your style, and mine, the emblems bear. | | | | |
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