I' vidi in terra angelici costumi
Language: Italian (Italiano)
I' vidi in terra angelici costumi,
E celesti bellezze al mondo sole;
Tal che di rimembrar mi giova, e dole:
Che quant'io miro, par sogni, ombre, e fumi.
E vidi lagrimar que' duo bei lumi,
Ch'han fatto mille volte invidia al sole;
Ed udì' sospirando dir parole
Che farian gir i monti, e stare i fiumi.
Amor! senno! valor, pietate, e doglia
Facean piangendo un più dolce concento
D'ogni altro, che nel mondo udir si soglia.
Ed era 'l cielo all'armonia s'intento
Che non si vedea in ramo mover foglia.
Tanta dolcezza avea pien l'aer e 'l vento.
Translation(s): ENG FRE GER SPA
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Note: sometimes this is erroneously listed as Sonnet 123.
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Authorship
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 (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "I' vidi in terra angelici costumi", S. 270a no. 3 (1843-6), published 1846 [tenor and piano], from Tre sonetti di Petrarca, no. 3, Haslinger, Vienna, also set in German (Deutsch) [
text verified 1 time ]
- by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "I' vidi in terraI' vidi in terra", op. 79 no. 2a (2009) [vocal sextet a cappella (s-3t-bar-b)], from Zwei Madrigale nach Sonetten an Laura, no. 1. [
text not verified ]
Settings in other languages or adaptations:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874) , title unknown ENG FRE SPA by Franz Liszt.
Other available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable): - ENG English (A. S. Kline) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , title 1: "Vi en la tierra gracia celestial", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Francisque Reynard) , title 1: "Sonnet CIV"
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Sonnet CIV
Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)
J'ai vu sur la terre les angéliques manières
et les célestes beautés uniques au monde ;
si bien qu'à me les rappeler je me réjouis et je souffre ;
car en compa- raison, toutes celles que je vois sont rêve, ombre et fumée.
Et j'ai vu pleurer ces deux beaux yeux
qui mille fois ont rendu le soleil jaloux ;
et j'ai entendu sa bouche dire en soupirant des paroles
qui feraient se mouvoir les montagnes et s'arrêter les fleuves.
Amour, prudence, valeur, pitié et douleur,
faisaient de ces pleurs un concert plus doux
que tous ceux qu'on entend d'habitude au monde.
Et le ciel était si attentif à cette harmonie,
qu'on ne voyait pas une feuille s'agiter sur les branches,
tant l'air et la brise étaient imprégnés de sa douceur.
Submitted by Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
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Text added to the website: 2011-10-22.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:04:39
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Word count: 131
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