by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Datemi pace, o duri miei pensieri
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Datemi pace, o duri miei pensieri: non basta ben ch’Amor, Fortuna et Morte mi fanno guerra intorno e ’n su le porte, senza trovarmi dentro altri guerreri? Et tu, mio cor, anchor se’ pur qual eri, disleal a me sol, che fere scorte vai ricettando, et se’ fatto consorte de’ miei nemici sí pronti et leggieri? In te i secreti suoi messaggi Amore, in te spiega Fortuna ogni sua pompa, et Morte la memoria di quel colpo che l’avanzo di me conven che rompa; in te i vaghi pensier’ s’arman d’errore: perché d’ogni mio mal te solo incolpo.
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Authorship:
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 2. Rime In morte di Madonna Laura, no. 274 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hans Martin Gräbner (b. 1967), "Sonnet 274", 2011 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Sonette nach Petrarcas „Canzoniere“, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Cipriano de Rore (1516 - 1565), "Datemi pace" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Francisque Reynard)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-10
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