Ma tu eri mia, e come mia t’ho amata, come mia t’ho lodata; era ben mia quella cosa di cui andavo fiero; e mia si fortemente la sentivo, da non appartenere più a me stesso con altrettanta forza.
_ William Shakespeare
But you were mine, and as mine I loved you, as mine I praised you; what I was proud of was mine; and mine, yes, I strongly felt it, that I no longer belonged to myself with equal force.