by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Translation © by A. S. Kline

Or che il ciel
 (Sung text for setting by F. Curschmann)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI ENG
Or che il ciel e la terra e il vento tace,
E le fere e gli augelli il sonno affrena,
Notte il carro stellato in giro mena
E nel suo letto il mar senz'onda giace;

Vegghio, penso, ardo, piango; e chi mi sface
Sempre è m'innanzi per mia dolce pena:
Guerra è il mio stato, d'ira et di duolo piena;
E sol di lei pensando ho qualche pace.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Composition:

    Set to music by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Or che il ciel", op. 8 no. 2, published 1834, stanzas 1-2, Berlin, Westphal

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 117

Now that the sky and the earth and the...
 (Sung text translation for setting by F. Curschmann)
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Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Now that the sky and the earth and the wind are silent
and the wild creatures and the birds are reined in sleep,
Night leads its starry chariot in its round,
and the sea without a wave lies in its bed,

I look, think, burn, weep: and she who destroys me
is always before my eyes to my sweet distress:
war is my state, filled with grief and anger,
and only in thinking of her do I find peace.

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This text was added to the website: 2015-03-10
Line count: 14
Word count: 127