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Solo e pensoso i più deserti campi Vo mesurando a passi tardi e lenti; E gli occhi porto per fuggire intenti Ove vestigio uman l’arena stampi. Altro schermo non trovo che mi scampi Dal manifesto accorger de le genti; Perchè negli atti d’allegrezza spenti Di fuor si legge com’io dentro avampi. Sì ch’io mi credo omai che monti et piagge E fiumi e selve sappian di che tempre Sia la mia vita, ch’è celata altrui. Ma pur sì aspre vie nè sì selvagge Cercar non so, ch’Amor non venga sempre Ragionando con meco, et io co llui.
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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 152; 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 37.
Text as set by Haydn and Marenzio:
Solo e pensoso i più deserti campi vo misurando a passi tardi e lenti, e gl'occhi porto per fuggir intenti dove vestigio human l'arena stampi. Altro schermo non trovo che mi scampi dal manifesto accorger de le genti, perché ne gl'atti d'allegrezza spenti di fuor si legge com' io dentr'avampi. Sì ch'io mi cred' homai che monti e piagge e fiumi e selve sappian di che tempre sia la mia vita, ch'è celata altrui, ma pur sì aspre vie né si selvagge cercar non so ch'Amor non venga sempre ragionando con meco, et io con lui.
Text Authorship:
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 35 [author's text checked 2 times 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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Sonetto XXXV" [ voice and orchestra ], concert aria [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marcelle de Manziarly (1899 - 1989), "In vita di Madonna Laura : Solo e pensoso", 1958 [ baritone and piano ], from Sonnets de Pétrarque pour baryton et piano, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luca Marenzio (c1553 - 1599), "Solo e pensoso", 1599, from Ninth Book of Madrigals, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845) , "Sonett XI" ; composed by Franz Peter Schubert.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by E. Solonovich ; composed by Boris Alexandrovich Arapov.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , 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
- FRE French (Français) (Francisque Reynard)
- GER German (Deutsch) (Johann Baptist Mayrhofer)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 97
Sol i pensiu, els camps més deserts vaig mesurant amb passos tardans i lents; i els meus ulls amatents per fugir de qualsevol empremta humana a la sorra. No trobo altra defensa per evitar que la gent s'adoni de la meva condició; car en els meus actes, mancats d'alegria, es pot llegir de fora com bleeixo a dins. Així que ara crec que muntanyes i planes i rius i forests saben quin és l'ànim de la meva vida, a d'altri ocultada. Però tanmateix, camins prou aspres ni salvatges no sé trobar, on l'Amor no vingui sempre a raonar amb mi, i jo amb ell.
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Translations of title(s):
"Sonetto XXXV" = "Sonet XXXV"
"In vita di Madonna Laura : Solo e pensoso" = "En vida de Madonna Laura: Sol i pensiu"
"Solo e pensoso" = "Sol i pensiu"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2017 by Salvador Pila, (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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Based on:
- 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. 35
This text was added to the website: 2017-12-28
Line count: 14
Word count: 104