by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
A la bruma, al giatio e al vento
Language: Italian (Italiano)
A la bruma, al giatio e al vento,
per seguir Amor tiranno,
patir pene fui contento
per uscir un dì d'affanno:
Ma ben veggio che hor m'inganno
et cantar ben posso ognhora:
«E d'un bel matin
che fu' serà di fora,
che fu' serà di fora a la rosata.»
De' chi harebbe mai creduto
mia mercè venir ad tale,
al gran ben che ho già voluto,
a chi brama hora el mio male
e mi dona cagion tale?
Cantar ben poss'i' ad ognhora.
Notes provided by Laura Prichard:
Stanza 1, line 1 ("giatio"): Renaisance Italian (not modern usage) for ice/frost
Stanza 1, line 3 ("pene"): modern pronunciation should be "pena," as "pene" is now a vulgar anatomical reference
Stanza 1, line 5 ("veggio"): veggente means "clairvoyant, full of self-knowledge" in modern Italian
Stanza 1, line 6 ("ognhora"): Reniassance Italian contraction of "ogni hora"
Stanza 2, line 1: compare to modern Italian "è una bella giornata", meaning "it's a beatiful day"
Stanza 2, line 2 ("fora"): to puncture, to pluck, or the play the game of taking off individual flower petals to divine an answer, as in "She loves me, she loves me not," or in Italian, "M'ama, non m'ama."
Stanza 3, line 1 ("harebbe"): modern Italian would be "sarebbe"
Stanza 3, line 2 ("mercè"): in modern Italian, mercé means mercy, in Renaissance Italian, mercè means unconsummated romantic feelings, and is sometimes translated "pity" or "longing"
Stanza 4, line 4: ("el mio"): modern Italian would be "il mio"
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Through the mist, the ice, and the wind", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2013-01-02
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Word count: 83
Through the mist, the ice, and the wind
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
Through the mist, the ice, and the wind
in order to follow tyrannical Love,
to suffer pain, I was content
in order to be released from my worries:
But I well realize that I have deceived myself
and may sing out at any time:
«It's a beautiful morning
in which to pluck,
in which to pluck [petals from] the rose.»
In these things, who who ever have believed:
that my longings could be devoted to that one,
that so great [could be] that which I already desired,
that this longing for the one [who causes] my pain
could give me motivation [to sing]?
I may sing out at any time.
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Word count: 110
