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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Translation by Gottfried August Bürger (1747 - 1794)

Quand'io veggio dal ciel scender...
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Quand'io veggio dal ciel scender l'aurora
co la fronte di rose et co' crin' d'oro,
Amor m'assale, ond'io mi discoloro,
et dico sospirando: Ivi è Laura ora.
O felice Titon, tu sai ben l'ora
da ricovrare il tuo caro tesoro:
ma io che debbo far del dolce alloro?
che se 'l vo' riveder, conven ch'io mora.
l vostri dipartir' non son sí duri,
ch'almen di notte suol tornar colei
che non a schifo le tue bianche chiome:
le mie notti fa triste, e i giorni oscuri,
quella che n'à portato i penser' miei,
né di sé m'à lasciato altro che 'l nome.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 2. Rime In morte di Madonna Laura, no. 291 [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):

    [ None yet in the database ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Gottfried August Bürger (1747 - 1794) ; composed by Hans Erich Pfitzner.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 14
Word count: 102

Auf die Morgenröte
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Wann die goldne Frühe, neugeboren,
Am Olymp mein matter Blick erschaut,
Dann erblaß' ich, wein' und seufze laut:
Dort im Glanze wohnt, die ich verloren!
Grauer Tithon! du empfängst Auroren
Froh aufs neu, sobald der Abend taut;
Aber ich umarm' erst meine Braut
An des Schattenlandes schwarzen Toren. 
Tithon! Deines Alters Dämmerung
Mildert mit dem Strahl der Rosenstirne
Deine Gattin, ewig schön und jung: 
Aber mir erloschen die Gestirne,
Sank der Tag in öde Finsternis,
Als sich Molly dieser Welt entriß.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gottfried August Bürger (1747 - 1794) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Italian (Italiano) by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 2. Rime In morte di Madonna Laura, no. 291
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Auf die Morgenröte", op. 41 no. 1 (1931), published 1932 [bass-baritone and piano], from Drei Sonette für Bassbariton und Klavier, no. 1, Leipzig, Peters [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 14
Word count: 81

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