Canzon discapigliata va'piangendo,
Rompendo ogni durezza di cor duro;
Dì che nostra natura
Ritorna, e si converte pure in terra;
Ma spirto, che non erra,
La sciagura,
Che l'anima, ch'è pura,
Ritorna in Cielo el suo fatto chiedendo.

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Note: this is the end of the poem beginning "O lento, pigro, ingrato, ignar che fai"

Text Authorship:

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
• sometimes misattributed to Guido Cavalcanti (c1250 - 1300)

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Also set in English, a translation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882) , no title, from "Canzone: A Dispute with Death" in The Early Italian Poets, published 1861 by Edward Elgar, Sir, Noble Cain, Frank B. Cookson. Go to the text.

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-07
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