Solo e pensoso i più deserti campi Vo mesurando a passi tardi e lenti; E gli occhi porto per fuggire intenti Ove vestigio uman l’arena stampi. Altro schermo non trovo che mi scampi Dal manifesto accorger de le genti; Perchè negli atti d’allegrezza spenti Di fuor si legge com’io dentro avampi. Sì ch’io mi credo omai che monti et piagge E fiumi e selve sappian di che tempre Sia la mia vita, ch’è celata altrui. Ma pur sì aspre vie nè sì selvagge Cercar non so, ch’Amor non venga sempre Ragionando con meco, et io co llui.
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Confirmed with Francesco Petrarca, Il Canzoniere con le note di Giuseppe Rigutini, rifuse e di molto accresciute da Michele Scherillo. Terza edizione, rinnovata. Ulrico Hoepli, editore libraio della real casa, Milano, 1918, page 152; and with Le Rime di Francesco Petrarca secondo la revisione ultima del poeta a cura di Giuseppe Salvo Cozzo. In Firenze, G. C. Sansoni, editore. 1904, page 37.
Text as set by Haydn and Marenzio:
Solo e pensoso i più deserti campi vo misurando a passi tardi e lenti, e gl'occhi porto per fuggir intenti dove vestigio human l'arena stampi. Altro schermo non trovo che mi scampi dal manifesto accorger de le genti, perché ne gl'atti d'allegrezza spenti di fuor si legge com' io dentr'avampi. Sì ch'io mi cred' homai che monti e piagge e fiumi e selve sappian di che tempre sia la mia vita, ch'è celata altrui, ma pur sì aspre vie né si selvagge cercar non so ch'Amor non venga sempre ragionando con meco, et io con lui.
Text Authorship:
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 35 [author's text checked 2 times 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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Sonetto XXXV" [ voice and orchestra ], concert aria [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marcelle de Manziarly (1899 - 1989), "In vita di Madonna Laura : Solo e pensoso", 1958 [ baritone and piano ], from Sonnets de Pétrarque pour baryton et piano, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luca Marenzio (c1553 - 1599), "Solo e pensoso", 1599, from Ninth Book of Madrigals, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845) , "Sonett XI" ; composed by Franz Peter Schubert.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by E. Solonovich ; composed by Boris Alexandrovich Arapov.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (A. S. Kline) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Francisque Reynard)
- GER German (Deutsch) (Johann Baptist Mayrhofer)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Allein, nachdenklich, wie gelähmt vom Krampfe, Durchmess' ich öde Felder, schleichend träge, Und wend' umher den Blick, zu fliehn die [Stege]1, Wo eine Menschenspur den Sand nur stampfe. Nicht andre Schutzwehr find' ich mir im Kampfe Vor dem Erspähn des Volks in alle Wege, Weil man im Thun, wo keine Freude rege, Von außen lieset, wie ich innen dampfe. So daß ich glaube jetzt, Berg und Gefilde, Und Fluß und Waldung weiß, aus welchen Stoffen Mein Leben sey, das sich verhehlt jedweden. Doch find' ich nicht so rauhe Weg' und wilde, Daß nicht der Liebesgott mich stets getroffen, Und führt mit mir, und ich mit ihm dann Reden.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Blumensträusse italiänischer, spanischer und portugiesischer Poesie von August Wilhelm Schlegel. Berlin. In der Realschulbuchhandlung. 1804, page 22.
1 Schubert: "Wege"Text Authorship:
- by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845), "Sonett XI" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 35
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Sonett II", D 629 (1818), published 1895 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-07
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Word count: 110