To a favourite tree

(from Handel's Serse, Act I)

Milya ar vanima olasse
melda mapalininyo,
a raita tyen calambar!
Nai tarítali ar raumo
la terhatuvar úlume séretya;
nai lá tye sauratúvar veali milce!

Aldaleo
ambe láne úlume
melin ar írima
ta fastala.

calambar here used as a noun 'shining fate' (VT 49:42, l.23)
*tar-íta-li 'flashes from on high, lightning'
*saura-ta- 'make foul, defile'
*alda-leo 'tree-shade'

"Frondi tenere e belle
del mio platano amato,
per voi risplenda il fato.
Tuoni, lampi, e procelle
non v'oltraggino mai la cara pace,
né giunga a profanarvi austro rapace."

"Ombra mai fu
di vegetabile
cara ed amabile,
soave più."

Tender and beautiful fronds
of my beloved plane tree,
let fate shiningly smile upon you.
May thunder, lightning, and storms
not violate ever your dear peace;
nor may you be profaned by greedy winds.

Never was a shade
of a plant
dearer and more lovely
or more pleasant.