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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

O passi sparsi, o pensier vaghi e pronti
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
O passi sparsi, o pensier vaghi e pronti,
o tenace memoria, o fero ardore,
o possenti desire, o debil core,
oi occhi miei, occhi non già, ma fonti.

O fronde onor de le famose fronti,
o sola insenga al genuino valore;
O faticosa vita, o dolce errore,
che mi fate ir cercando piagge e monti.

O bel viso, ove Amore inseme pose
gli sproni e'l fren, ond'el mi punge e volve
come a lui piace, e calcitrar non vale.

O anime gentili et amorose,
s'al cuna à'l mondo, e voi nude ombre e polve,
deh, ristate a veder quale è'l mio male.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), "Sonnet CLXI" [author's text not yet checked 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 Andrea Gabrieli (c1533 - 1585), "O passi sparsi", published 1587. [ sung text verified 1 time]
  • by Nino Rota (1911 - 1979), "Sonnetto", 1933. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-04-19
Line count: 14
Word count: 102

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