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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

Di tempo in tempo mi si fa men dura
 (Sung text for setting by J. Reichardt)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Di tempo in tempo mi si fa men dura
l'angelica figura e 'l dolce riso,
et l'aria del bel viso
e de gli occhi leggiadri meno oscura.
Che fanno meco omai questi sospiri
che nascean di dolore
et mostravan di fore
la mia angosciosa et desperata vita?
S' aven che 'l volto in quella parte giri
per acquetare il core,
parmi veder Amore
mantener mia ragione et darmi aita.
Né però trovo ancor guerra finita
né tranquillo ogni stato del cor mio,
ché più m'arde 'l desio.
quanto più la speranza m'assicura.

Composition:

    Set to music by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Di tempo in tempo mi si fa men dura"

Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 149

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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: 16
Word count: 92

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