Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
che la diritta via era smarrita.
(When I had journeyed half of our life's way,
I found myself within a shadowed forest,
for I had lost the path that does not stray.
--tr. by Allen Mandelbaum)
Today the Dalai Lama is exactly twice as old as I am.
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
che la diritta via era smarrita.
(When I had journeyed half of our life's way,
I found myself within a shadowed forest,
for I had lost the path that does not stray.
--tr. by Allen Mandelbaum)
Today the Dalai Lama is exactly twice as old as I am.
I appreciate the compliment.