Non so come riesco a sopportare

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by Christine de Pizan (1363 - c1434), as Christine de Pisan

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Je ne sais comment je dure

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG ITA

Je ne sais comment je dure ;
Car mon dolent cœur fond d’ire,
Et plaindre n’ose, ni dire
Ma douloureuse aventure,

Ma dolente vie obscure,
Rien, hors la mort, ne désire ;
Je ne sais comment je dure.

Et me faut par couverture
Chanter quand mon cœur soupire,
Et faire semblant de rire ;
Mais Dieu sait ce que j’endure ;
Je ne sais comment je dure.

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Text Authorship:

by Christine de Pizan (1363 - c1434), as Christine de Pisan, "Je ne sais comment" [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 Claude Tricot (1926 - 2009), "Je ne sais comment je dure" [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies, recueil 2, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Choudens [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Non so come riesco a sopportare

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the French (Français)

Non so come riesco a sopportare,
questo mio cuore dolente che di rabbia si strugge,
perché, senza un lamento, non oso raccontare
l’interno dolore che la mia vita affligge.

E’ dolorosa e oscura questa mia vita,
e nient’altro desidero fuor della morte;
perché ogni mia resistenza è ormai finita.

Eppure mi tocca celare la mia sorte,
e, mentre sospira e piange questo mio cuore,
fingere di sorridere cantando;
Ma Dio solo sa cosa sto sopportando;
Non so come lo riesco a sopportare.

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Translations of titles:
"Je ne sais comment" = "Non so come"
"Je ne sais comment je dure" = "Non so come riesco a sopportare"

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This text was added to the website: 2026-03-21
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