by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Crudele, acerba See base text
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
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2. Crudel, acerba, inexorabil Morte,
cagion mi dài di mai non esser lieto,
ma di menar tutta mia vita in pianto,
e i giorni oscuri et le dogliose notti.
I mei gravi sospir' non vanno in rime,
e 'l mio duro martir vince ogni stile.
Composition:
- Set to music by Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Crudele, acerba", stanza 2
Text Authorship:
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 2. Rime In morte di Madonna Laura, no. 332
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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
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This text was added to the website: 2007-10-12
Line count: 75
Word count: 573