Torquato Tasso.

The very name Hercules of Este,
And Hippolyt of Este, fills the ear.
Ferrara was praised greatly by my father,
Along with Rome and Florence. Often
I longed to be here; now I have arrived.
Here Petrarch was hosted and cared for,
And Ariosto found his models here.
Italy names no great name
That this house has not called its guest.
And it is advantageous to host
A genius: if you give him a gift as a guest,
He leaves a more beautiful one in return.
The place that a good person has trodden
Is consecrated; after a hundred years,
His word and his deed ring out again for his descendant.

Princess.

For the descendant, if he feels as vividly as you.
Very often I envy you for this happiness.

Leonore.

Which you enjoy quietly and purely,
As few others do. Yet my full heart compels me