[“Indovinello veronese”, 8th-9th century AD.]
Late Vulgar Latin / Early Italian:
Se pareba boves
alba pratalia araba
et albo versorio teneba
et negro semen seminaba.
Italian:
Teneva davanti a sé i buoi,
arava bianchi prati,
e aveva un bianco aratro
e un nero seme seminava.
English:
He led the oxen,
plowed white fields,
held a white plow,
and sowed black seed.
