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Apollo, s'ancor vive il bel desio Che t'infiammava a le tesaliche onde, E se non hai l'amate chiome bionde, Volgendo gli anni, già poste in oblio; Dal pigro gielo e dal tempo aspro e rio, Che dura quanto 'l tuo viso s'asconde, Difendi or l'onorata e sacra fronde Ove tu prima e poi fu' invescato io; E per vertù de l'amorosa speme Che ti sostenne ne la vita acerba, Di queste impression l'aere disgombra. Sì vedrem poi per meraviglia insieme Seder la donna nostra sopra l'erba E far de le sue braccia a sè stessa ombra.
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Confirmed with Francesco Petrarca, Il Canzoniere con le note di Giuseppe Rigutini, rifuse e di molto accresciute da Michele Scherillo. Terza edizione, rinnovata. Ulrico Hoepli, editore libraio della real casa, Milano, 1918, page 151; and with Le Rime di Francesco Petrarca secondo la revisione ultima del poeta a cura di Giuseppe Salvo Cozzo. In Firenze, G. C. Sansoni, editore. 1904, page 36.
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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. 34 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845) , "Sonett X" CAT DUT ENG FRE ; composed by Franz Peter Schubert.
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , subtitle: "Sonet I", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (A. S. Kline) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-10-10
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Word count: 96
Apollo, if that sweet desire is still alive that inflamed you by the river of Thessaly, and if with the passing years you’ve not already forgotten that beloved blonde hair: defend the honoured and sacred leaves now, where you long ago, and I lately, were caught, through the slow frost and harsh and cruel time that is endured while you hide your face: and by the power of that amorous hope that sustained you, though life was bitter, disburden the air of this dark weather: so we may see by a miracle together our lady seated on the grass lifting her arms to make herself a shade.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2002 by A. S. Kline, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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. 34
This text was added to the website: 2015-03-10
Line count: 14
Word count: 107