Her savage bitter heart, and cruel will

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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

Translation © by A. S. Kline

Vivo sol di speranza

(Sung text for setting by R. de Lassus)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

 ... 
Vivo sol di speranza, rimembrando
che poco humor già per continua prova
consumar vidi marmi et pietre salde.
Non è sí duro cor che, lagrimando,
pregando, amando, talor non si smova,
né sí freddo voler, che non si scalde.

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Roland de Lassus

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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 265

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Her savage bitter heart, and cruel will

(Sung text translation for setting by R. de Lassus)

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Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

 ... 
I only live on hope, remembering
I’ve seen a little water’s constant flow
wear away marble and the solid stone.
No heart’s so hard that tears, prayers,
love, can’t sometimes move it,
no will so cold that it can’t be warmed.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 265
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