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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

Occhi, piangete
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Occhi piangete: accompagnate il core
che di vostro fallir morte sostene.
Cosí sempre facciamo; et ne convene
lamentar piú l’altrui, che ’l nostro errore.

Già prima ebbe per voi l’entrata Amore,
là onde anchor come in suo albergo vène.
Noi gli aprimmo la via per quella spene
che mosse d ’entro da colui che more.

Non son, come a voi par, le ragion’ pari:
ché pur voi foste ne la prima vista
del vostro et del suo mal cotanto avari.

Or questo è quel che piú ch’altro n’atrista,
che’ perfetti giudicii son sí rari,
et d’altrui colpa altrui biasmo s’acquista.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   R. de Lassus 

R. de Lassus sets lines 1-4

Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 84 [author's text not yet checked 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 Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), as Orlando di Lasso, "Occhi, piangete", published 1555, lines 1-4 [ 4 voices ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-08-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 100

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