by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Translation by Karl August Förster (1784 - 1841)
Se lamentar augelli, o verdi fronde
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Se lamentar augelli, o verdi fronde mover soavemente a l'aura estiva, o roco mormorar di lucide onde s'ode d'una fiorita et fresca riva, là 'v'io seggia d'amor pensoso et scriva, lei che 'l ciel ne mostrò, terra n'asconde, veggio, et odo, et intendo ch'anchor viva di sí lontano a' sospir' miei risponde. «Deh, perché inanzi 'l tempo ti consume? - mi dice con pietate - a che pur versi degli occhi tristi un doloroso fiume? Di me non pianger tu, ché' miei dí fersi morendo eterni, et ne l'interno lume, quando mostrai de chiuder, gli occhi apersi».
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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. 279 [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl August Förster (1784 - 1841) ; composed by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (A. S. Kline) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Francisque Reynard) , "Canzone CCLXXIX Se lamentar augelli"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-20
Line count: 14
Word count: 95
Wenn Vöglein klagen
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)
Wenn Vöglein klagen und in grünen Zweigen mit lindem Säuseln Sommerlüftchen beben, wenn dumpfen Murmelns lichte Wellen steigen und um beblümte, frische Ufer weben, sitz ich und schreib, in Liebe hingegeben, und, die der Himmel uns geruht zu zeigen, die Erde barg, seh ich dann noch am Leben und fernher meinen Seufzern hold sich neigen. "Warum ach! vor der Zeit dich so verbluten?" spricht sie voll Mitleids. "Warum nur vergießen aus trüben Augen schmerzensvolle Fluten? Nicht klag' um mich; ich starb, um zu genießen ein ewig Dasein, und in ewgen Gluten erschloß mein Aug' ich, da ich's schien zu schließen."
Text Authorship:
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. 279
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Wenn Vöglein klagen", op. 8 no. 6 (1903-5), from Sechs Orchesterlieder, no. 6. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-20
Line count: 14
Word count: 100