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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Translation © by Barbara Miller

Quel rosignol
 (Sung text for setting by C. Brumby)
 See original
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Quel rosignuol che sì soave piagne
Forse suoi figli o sua cara consorte,
Di dolcezza empie il cielo e le campagne
Con tante note sì pietose e scorte;
E tutta notte par che m'accompagne
E mi rammente la mia dura sorte:
Ch'altri che me non ho di cui mi lagne:
Chè 'n Dee non credev'io regnasse Morte.
 ... 

Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-8 of the original text.

Composition:

    Set to music by Colin Brumby (b. 1933), "Quel rosignol", lines 1-8 [ high voice, piano ], from Three Italian Songs, no. 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. 311

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

  • ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "That nightingale which so gently weeps", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 102

That nightingale which so gently weeps
 (Sung text translation for setting by C. Brumby)
 See original
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano) 
That nightingale which so gently weeps
Perhaps for his children or his dear spouse,
With sweetness fills the sky and the countryside
With so many notes so piteous and precise;
And all night it seems that he accompanies me
And reminds me of my hard fate;
That I have none other than myself to complain to
For I did not believe Death prevailed in goddesses.
 ... 

Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-8 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2004 by Barbara Miller, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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  • a text in Italian (Italiano) by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 2. Rime In morte di Madonna Laura, no. 311
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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-18
Line count: 14
Word count: 117

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