by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Translation © by A. S. Kline

Chiaro segno Amor pose
 (Sung text for setting by L. Marenzio)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
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5. Chiaro segno Amor pose a le mie rime
dentro a' belli occhi, et or l'à posto in pianto,
con dolor rimembrando il tempo lieto:
ond'io vo col penser cangiando stile,
et ripregando te, pallida Morte,
che mi sottragghi a sí penose notti.

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My kindly fate, and a life made happy
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Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano) 
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Love set a clear theme for my rhyme:
those lovely eyes, but now my weeping,
remembering with grief times that were happy:
so that I change my thoughts and my style,
and pray to you again, pallid Death,
to rescue me from such painful nights.

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