by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Dura legge d'Amor, ma benché obliqua
Language: Italian (Italiano)
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Dura legge d'Amor, ma benché obliqua servar conviensi, però ch'ella aggiunge di cielo in terra, universale, antiqua. Hor so come da sé il cor si disgiunge, e come sa far pace, guerra e tregua, e coprir suo dolor, quand' altri il punge. E so come in un punto si delegua, e poi si sparge per le guance il sangue, se paura o vergogna avien che'l segua. So come sta tra' fiori ascoso l'angue, come sempre fra due si vegghia e dorme, come senza languir si more e langue.
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Text Authorship:
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, from Trionfo d'Amore, lines 148-159 [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 Luca Marenzio (c1553 - 1599), "Dura legge d'Amor", 1599, from Ninth Book of Madrigals, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
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