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Que bénis soient le jour, et le mois, et l'année, Le temps et la saison, et l'heure et le moment, Que bénis soient les cieux et le pays charmant Où par ses deux beaux yeux fut mon âme enchaînée! Que bénie à jamais soit la plainte donnée Au premier désespoir de mon égarement, Bénis l'arc, le carquois et la flèche empennée Qui m'ont enfin au coeur blessé mortellement! Et bénis et bénis tous ces cris de joie et de détresse Où j'ai mêlé le nom de ma belle maîtresse, Mes larmes, mes soupirs, mes voeux, ma passion, Et bénis tous ces chants qui sont mon héritage Et bénis mes pensers dont seule et sans partage Elle est l'honneur, elle est l'honneur, la gloire et l'adoration!
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Paladilhe (1844 - 1926), "Sonnet de Pétrarque" [author's text not yet checked 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. 61
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Émile Paladilhe (1844 - 1926), "Sonnet de Pétrarque", 1881 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "Sonnet of Petrarch", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2004-04-21
Line count: 14
Word count: 125
Blessed be the day, and the month, and the year, The weather and the season, and the hour and the moment, Blessed be the heavens and the lovely countryside Where, by her two beautiful eyes my soul was put into chains! Blessed forever be the groan I gave At the first desperation of my distraction [by love], Blessed the bow, the quiver, and the feathered arrow That finally mortally wounded me to the heart! And blessed and blessed all these cries of joy and of distress With which I have mixed the name of my beautiful mistress, My tears, my sighs, my wishes, my passion, And blessed all these songs that are my legacy And blessed my thoughts, in which, alone and unmitigated, She is the honor, she is the honor, the glory and the adoration!
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Paladilhe (1844 - 1926), "Sonnet de Pétrarque"
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. 61
This text was added to the website: 2004-04-21
Line count: 14
Word count: 136