by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Vivo sol di speranza See original
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
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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.
Composition:
- Set to music by Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Vivo sol di speranza", lines 9-14
Text Authorship:
- 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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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 page: Laura Massa
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 97