My kindly fate, and a life made happy

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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

Translation © by A. S. Kline

Crudele, acerba

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

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2. Crudel, acerba, inexorabil Morte,
cagion mi dài di mai non esser lieto,
ma di menar tutta mia vita in pianto,
e i giorni oscuri et le dogliose notti.
I mei gravi sospir' non vanno in rime,
e 'l mio duro martir vince ogni stile.

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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 2. Rime In morte di Madonna Laura, no. 332

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My kindly fate, and a life made happy

(Sung text translation for setting by P. de Servi)

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Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

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Cruel, bitter, and inexorable Death,
you give me reason never to be happy,
but to live my life instead with weeping,
darkened days, and the saddened nights.
My heavy sighs will not go into rhyme,
and my harsh pain defeats every style.

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