{"id":516,"date":"2014-02-14T22:01:03","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T22:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=516"},"modified":"2016-12-10T04:09:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T04:09:23","slug":"lettera-damore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/lettera-damore\/","title":{"rendered":"Lettera D&#8217;amore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Lettera D&#039;amore&quot; - (Love Letter) - Love poem to a love undeclared...\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U2Fy205gTsk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cara mia, ti voglio bene&#8230; &#8220;My darling, I love you<br \/>\nThe words to her I wanted to say<br \/>\nBut I never did, and so I regret that<br \/>\nAnd I will until my dying day.<\/p>\n<p>Come sei bella&#8230; &#8220;How beautiful you are&#8230;<br \/>\nI think by my look that she knew<br \/>\nBut she got those looks from so many men<br \/>\nThat I never said so I forever will rue&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Tu sei una stella&#8230; You are a star<br \/>\nWere the unspoken words of my heart<br \/>\nOnce, one dance shared together<br \/>\nAnd now an eternity apart&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Mi manchi&#8230; &#8220;I miss you&#8230;<br \/>\nUnspoken words now leave my slips<br \/>\nAnd a tear threatens my dry eyes<br \/>\nA single one on my cheek drips&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Voglio vederti stasera&#8230; &#8220;I want to see you tonight&#8230;<br \/>\nThat it is my hearts desire, as I sleep<br \/>\nSuch things they are not to be<br \/>\nSo a hard jaw to the world I&#8217;ll keep.<\/p>\n<p>Ti penso sempre&#8230; &#8220;I always think of you&#8230;<br \/>\nThough life that brought us together brought us apart<br \/>\nWe must walk the paths of our destiny<br \/>\nAnd you&#8217;ll always be in my heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cara mia, ti voglio bene&#8230; &#8220;My darling, I love you The words to her I wanted to say But I never did, and so I regret that And I will until my dying day. Come sei bella&#8230; &#8220;How beautiful you are&#8230; I think by my look that she knew But &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3377,198,15,3376],"tags":[202,761,759,362,760,3378],"class_list":["post-516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-midland-tribune-newspaper-ie","category-sweetest-smile-poems","category-sweetest-smile-videopoems","category-under-the-fading-lamp-bibliography","tag-amore","tag-letter-to-a-lover-unrequited","tag-lettera-damore","tag-love","tag-love-letter","tag-loveletter","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-8k","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1777,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/men-in-the-company-of-women-valentines-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":516,"position":0},"title":"Men in the Company of Women &#8211; Valentines Day","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th February 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \"Men in the Company of Women\" is a men's anthology of love poetry written for the women in their lives, or who have shaped and affected mens lives in some fashion. 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