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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

Zefiro torna
 (Sung text for setting by C. Monteverdi)
 Matches base text
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Zefiro torna, e'l bel tempo rimena,
e i fiori e l'erbe, sua dolce famiglia,
e garrir Progne, e pianger Filomena,
e primavera candida e vermiglia.

Ridono i prati, e'l ciel si rasserena;
Giove s'allegra di mirar sua figlia;
l'aria, e l'acqua, e la terra è d'amor piena;
ogni animal d'amar si riconsiglia.

Ma per me, lasso!, tornano i più gravi
sospiri, che del cor profondo tragge
quella ch'al ciel se ne portò le chiavi;

e cantar augelletti, e fiorir piagge,
e'n belle donne oneste atti soavi
sono un deserto, e fere aspre e selvagge.

Composition:

    Set to music by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Zefiro torna", published 1651 [ chorus ], from Libro IX: Madrigali e canzonette a due e tre voci, no. 2, 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. 310

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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
  • FRE French (Français) (Francisque Reynard) , "Canzone CCCX Zefiro torna"


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-04-21
Line count: 14
Word count: 94

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