The thread on which my heavy life hangs

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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

Translation © by A. S. Kline

Canzon, s'al dolce loco

(Sung text for setting by J. Reichardt)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

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 ... 

Canzon, s'al dolce loco
la donna nostra vedi,
credo ben che tu credi
ch'ella ti porgerà la bella mano,
ond'io son sí lontano.
Non la tocchar; ma reverente ai piedi
le di' ch'io sarò là tosto ch'io possa,
o spirto ignudo od uom di carne et d'ossa.

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Johann Friedrich Reichardt

Text Authorship:

by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 37

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The thread on which my heavy life hangs

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Reichardt)

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Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

 ... 

Song, if you see my lady
in that sweet place,
I know well you think
she'll stretch out her lovely hand to you
that I am far away from.
Do not touch it: but do reverence at her feet
and say I shall be there as swiftly as I can,
as naked spirit, or man of flesh and bone.

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