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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

L'aura serena che fra verdi fronde
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
L'aura serena che fra verdi fronde
mormorando a ferir nel volto viemme,
fammi risovenir quand'Amor diemme
le prime piaghe, sì dolci profonde;
e 'l bel viso veder, ch'altri m'asconde,
che sdegno o gelosia celato tiemme;
et le chiome or avolte in perle e 'n gemme,
allora sciolte, et sovra òr terso bionde.

Le quali ella spargea sì dolcemente,
e raccogliea con sì leggiadri modi,
che ripensando ancor trema la mente;
torsele il tempo poi in più saldi nodi,
e strinse 'l cor d'un laccio sì possente,
che Morte sola fia ch'indi lo snodi.

Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 196 [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 Luca Marenzio (c1553 - 1599), "L'aura serena che fra verdi fronde", published 1581, from Il primo libro de madrigali a sei voci, no. 17 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-05-24
Line count: 14
Word count: 93

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