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Levommi il mio pensier in parte Ov'era quella ch'io cerco e non ritrovo in terra: Ivi, fra lor che 'l terzo cerchio serra, La rividi più bella e meno altera. Per man mi prese e disse: In questa spera Sarai ancor meco, se 'l desir non erra: I' son colei che ti die' tanta guerra, E compie' mia giornata innanzi sera Mio ben non cape in intelletto umano: Te solo aspetto e quel che tanto amasti, E laggiuso è rimaso, il mio bel velo. Deh, perché tacque ed allargò la mano? Ch'al suon di detti sì pietosi e casti Poco mancò ch'io non rimasi in cielo.
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Text Authorship:
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 2. Rime In morte di Madonna Laura, no. 302 [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 Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880 - 1968), "Levommi il mio pensier in parte ov'era", from Tre sonetti del Petrarca: In morte di Madonna Laura, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (A. S. Kline) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 14
Word count: 106
My thought raised me to a place in which she was whom I seek, and cannot find on earth: there, among those who are in the third circle, I saw her once more, more beautiful and less proud. She took my hand, and said: ‘If my desire is not in error, you will be with me again in this sphere: I am she who made such war on you, and finished my day before the evening. My good is not comprehended by human intellect: I wait only for you, and what you so loved, my lovely veil, is joined to earth and stays there.’ Oh why did she fall silent, opening her hands? Since at the sound of such pure, compassionate speech little was needed for me to remain in heaven.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 2. Rime In morte di Madonna Laura, no. 302
This text was added to the website: 2015-03-11
Line count: 14
Word count: 131