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Or che 'l ciel e la terra e 'l vento tace, E le fere e gli augelli il sonno affrena, Notte il carro stellato in giro mena E nel suo letto il mar senz'onda giace; Vegghio, penso, ardo, piango; e chi mi sface Sempre m'è inanzi per mia dolce pena: Guerra è il mio stato, d'ira et di duol piena; E sol di lei pensando ho qualche pace. Così sol d'una chiara fonte viva Move 'l dolce e l'amaro ond'io mi pasco; Una man sola mi risana e punge. E perchè 'l mio martìr non giunga a riva, Mille volte il dì moro e mille nasco; Tanto da la salute mia son lunge!
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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 319; 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 172.
Authorship
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 164 [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 (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Or che il ciel", op. 8 (Vier Canzonetten) no. 2, published 1834, Berlin, Westphal [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Or ch'el ciel e la terra e'l vento tace", 1638 [vocal sextet with 4 violas and 2 violins], from Libro VIII: Madrigali guerrieri e amorosi, no. 2 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Or che 'l ciel et la terra e 'l vento tace" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019) , copyright © CAT FRE GER GER ; composed by Dominick Argento.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Diederich Gries (1775 - 1842) , "Sonett XVIII" CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE and sometimes misattributed to August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845) CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE ; composed by Franz Peter Schubert.
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) , "Canzone CLXIV Or che'l ciel e la terra"
- GER German (Deutsch) (Johann Diederich Gries) , no title, appears in Sonette von Francesco Petrarca, no. 6
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Ara que el cel i la terra i el vent callen, i que les feres i els ocells el son refrena, que la nit el carro estelat a voltejar mena i el mar sense onades jeu en el seu llit; veig, penso, m’abruso, ploro; i qui em malmet és sempre davant meu per a la meva dolça pena: el meu estat és la guerra, plena d’ira i de dolor; i tan sols pensant en ella tinc un resquitx de pau. Així, només d’una clara font viva brolla el dolç i l’amarg dels quals em nodreixo; una sola mà em guareix i em fereix. I perquè el meu martiri no arriba mai a la fi, cada dia moro i reneixo mil vegades; sóc tan lluny del meu guariment!
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Translations of title(s):
"Or che il ciel" = "Ara que el cel"
"Or che 'l ciel et la terra e 'l vento tace" = "Ara que el cel i la terra i el vent callen"
"Or ch'el ciel e la terra e'l vento tace" = "Ara que el cel i la terra i el vent callen"
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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- 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. 164
This text was added to the website: 2017-12-28
Line count: 14
Word count: 127