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)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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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.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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Dishevell'd and in tears, go, song of mine, To break the hardness of the heart of man: Say how his life began From dust, and in that dust doth sink supine: Yet, say, th'unerring spirit of grief shall guide His soul, being purified, To seek its Maker at the heav'nly shrine.
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Note: this is the end of a poem beginning "O sluggish, hard, ingrate, what doest thou?" Rossetti's source was Cicciaporci: Rime Inedite, Canzone XI, pages 68-71.Text Authorship:
- by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882), no title, from "Canzone: A Dispute with Death" in The Early Italian Poets, first published 1861 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist and misattributed to Guido Cavalcanti (c1250 - 1300)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Noble Cain (1896 - 1977), "Go, song of mine", published 1961. [mixed chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
- by Frank B. Cookson , "Go, song of mine", published 1939. [SATB chorus or SSA chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
- by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "Go, song of mine", op. 57, published 1909. [SAATTB chorus a cappella] [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-07
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