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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

Due rose fresche
 (Sung text for setting by L. Marenzio)
 See base text
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Due rose fresch'e colte in paradiso
l' altr' ier, nascendo il dì primo di maggio,
bel dono e d' un amante antiquo e saggio
tra duo minor egualmente diviso,
con sì dolce parlar e con un riso
da far innamorare un uom selvaggio,
di sfavillante ed amoroso raggio
e l' un e l'altro fe' cangiare il viso.
"Non ved'un simil par d' amanti il sole"
dicea ridendo e sospirando insieme;
e stringend'ambedue, volgeasi a torno.
Così partia le rose e le parole,
onde 'l cor lasso ancor s' allegra e teme:
o felice eloquenzia! o lieto giorno!

Composition:

    Set to music by Luca Marenzio (c1553 - 1599), "Due rose fresche", HWV 20, published 1585

Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), "Sonetto CCXLV"

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

  • ENG English (MacGregor, Major) , "The two roses", appears in The Sonnets, Triumphs, and other poems of Petrarch, first published 1869


Research team for this page: Steven Cox , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-09-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 104

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