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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

Rapido fiume che d’alpestra vena
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Rapido fiume che d’alpestra vena
rodendo intorno, onde ’l tuo nome prendi,
notte et dí meco disïoso scendi
ov’Amor me, te sol Natura mena,

vattene innanzi: il tuo corso non frena
né stanchezza né sonno; et pria che rendi
suo dritto al mar, fiso u’ si mostri attendi
l’erba piú verde, et l’aria piú serena.

Ivi è quel nostro vivo et dolce sole,
ch’addorna e ’nfiora la tua riva manca:
forse (o che spero?) e ’l mio tardar le dole.

Basciale ’l piede, o la man bella et bianca;
dille, e ’l basciar sie ’nvece di parole:
Lo spirto è pronto, ma la carne è stanca.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 208 [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 Marcelle de Manziarly (1899 - 1989), "Rapido fiume", 1960 [ baritone and piano ], from Sonnets de Pétrarque pour baryton et piano, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (John Nott)
  • ENG English (Susan Wollaston) , first published 1841
  • FRE French (Français) (Francisque Reynard)


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-30
Line count: 14
Word count: 106

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