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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

Che debb'io far?
 (Sung text for setting by P. de Servi)
 See base text
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Che debb'io far? che mi consigli, Amore?
Tempo è ben di morire,
et ò tardato più ch'i' non vorrei.
Madonna è morta, et à seco il mio core;
et volendol seguire,
interromper conven quest'anni rei,
perché mai veder lei
di qua non spero, et l'aspettar m'è noia.
Poscia ch'ogni mia gioia
per lo suo dipartire in pianto è volta,
ogni dolcezza de mia vita è tolta.

2. Amor, tu 'l senti, ond'io teco mi doglio,
quant'è il damno aspro et grave;
e so che del mio mal ti pesa et dole,
anzi del nostro, perch'ad uno scoglio
avem rotto la nave,
et in un punto n'è scurato il sole.
Qual ingegno a parole
poria aguagliare il mio doglioso stato?
Ahi orbo mondo, ingrato,
gran cagion ài di dever pianger meco,
ché quel bel ch'era in te, perduto ài seco.

 ... 
The anonymous text Che debbo far shares a similar first line.

Composition:

    Set to music by Padre F. Mauro de Servi (c1545 - c1621), "Che debb'io far?", stanzas 1-2 [ chorus ], madrigal

Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 2. Rime In morte di Madonna Laura, no. 268

See other settings of this text.

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: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-23
Line count: 82
Word count: 515

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