Go, warm sighs to that cold heart

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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

Translation © by Iain Sneddon

Ite Caldi sospiri

(Sung text for setting by R. Jones)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Ite, caldi sospiri, al freddo core,
rompete il ghiaccio che Pietà contende,
et se prego mortale al ciel s’intende,
morte o mercé sia fine al mio dolore.

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A Musical Dreame or Fourth Booke of Ayres

A Musicall Dreame, or the Fourth Book of Ayres

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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 153

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Go, warm sighs to that cold heart

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Jones)

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Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Go, warm sighs to that cold heart,
Break the ice that offers no mercy
And if my mortal prayers sent to heaven are granted
Death or mercy to end of my sorrow.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 153
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