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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

Pien d'un vago penser che me desvia
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Pien d'un vago penser che me desvia
da tutti gli altri, et fammi al mondo ir solo,
ad or ad ora a me stesso m'involo
pur lei cercando che fuggir devria;

5et veggiola passar sí dolce et ria
che l'alma trema per levarsi a volo,
tal d'armati sospir' conduce stuolo
questa bella d'Amor nemica, et mia.

Ben s'i' non erro di pietate un raggio
10scorgo fra 'l nubiloso, altero ciglio,
che 'n parte rasserena il cor doglioso:

allor raccolgo l'alma, et poi ch'i' aggio
di scovrirle il mio mal preso consiglio,
tanto gli ò a dir, che 'ncominciar non oso.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), "Pien d'un vago penser che me desvia", appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 169 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Pien d'un vago penser", op. 79 no. 2b (2009) [ vocal sextet a cappella (s-3t-bar-b) ], from Zwei Madrigale nach Sonetten an Laura, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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: 2013-11-11
Line count: 14
Word count: 100

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