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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

Gli occhi di ch'io parlai sí caldamente
 (Sung text for setting by A. Banlaky)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Gli occhi di ch'io parlai sí caldamente,
e le braccia, e le mani, e i piedi, e 'l viso,
che m'avean sí da me stesso diviso,
e fatto singular da l'altra gente;

le crespe chiome d'òr puro lucente,
e 'l lampeggiar de l'angelico riso
che solean fare in terra un paradiso,
poca polvere son, che nulla sente.

Et io pur vivo; onde mi doglio e sdegno,
rimaso senza 'l lume ch'amai tanto,
in gran fortuna, e 'n disarmato legno.

Or sia qui fine al mio amoroso canto:
secca è la vena de l'usato ingegno,
e la cetera mia rivolta in pianto.

Composition:

    Set to music by Akos Banlaky (b. 1966), "Gli occhi di ch'io parlai sí caldamente", 2001, first performed 2003 [ baritone, violin, violoncello, and piano ], from Liedphantasie no. 2, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 2. Rime In morte di Madonna Laura, no. 292

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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 text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-26
Line count: 14
Word count: 101

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