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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

Erano i capei d'oro a l'aura sparsi
 (Sung text for setting by J. Reichardt)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Erano i capei d'oro a l'aura sparsi
che 'n mille dolci nodi gli avolgea,
e 'l vago lume oltra misura ardea
di quei begli occhi, ch'or ne son sì scarsi;
e 'l viso di pietosi color farsi
(non so se vero o falso) mi parea;
i' che l'ésca amorosa al petto avea,
qual meraviglia se di subito arsi?
Non era l'andar suo cosa mortale
ma d'angelica forma, et le parole
sonavan altro che pur voce umana:
uno spirto celeste, un vivo sole
fu quel ch' i' vidi, et se non fosse or tale,
piaga per allentar d'arco non sana.

Composition:

    Set to music by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Erano i capei d'oro a l'aura sparsi"

Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 90

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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: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2007-04-16
Line count: 14
Word count: 99

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