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Zwei Madrigale nach Sonetten an Laura

Song Cycle by Rudi Spring (b. 1962)

1. I' vidi in terraI' vidi in terra  [sung text not yet checked]

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.

Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 156

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (A. S. Kline) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Francisque Reynard) , "Sonnet CIV"
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POL Polish (Polski) (Konstanty Gaszyński) , no title, written 1833
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "Vi en la tierra gracia celestial", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Note: sometimes this is erroneously listed as Sonnet 123.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

2. Pien d'un vago penser  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Pien d'un vago penser che me desvia
da tutti gli altri, et fammi al mondo ir solo,
ad or ad ora a me stesso m'involo
pur lei cercando che fuggir devria;

5et veggiola passar sí dolce et ria
che l'alma trema per levarsi a volo,
tal d'armati sospir' conduce stuolo
questa bella d'Amor nemica, et mia.

Ben s'i' non erro di pietate un raggio
10scorgo fra 'l nubiloso, altero ciglio,
che 'n parte rasserena il cor doglioso:

allor raccolgo l'alma, et poi ch'i' aggio
di scovrirle il mio mal preso consiglio,
tanto gli ò a dir, che 'ncominciar non oso.

Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), "Pien d'un vago penser che me desvia", appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 169

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (A. S. Kline) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 198
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