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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)

Io amai sempre, et amo forte anchora
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Io amai sempre, et amo forte anchora,
et son per amar piú di giorno in giorno
quel dolce loco, ove piangendo torno
spesse fïate, quando Amor m’accora.

Et son fermo d’amare il tempo et l’ora
ch’ogni vil cura mi levâr d’intorno;
et più colei, lo cui bel viso adorno
di ben far co’ suoi exempli m’innamora.

Ma chi pensò veder mai tutti insieme
per assalirmi il core, or quindi or quinci,
questi dolci nemici, ch’i’ tant’amo?

Amor, con quanto sforzo oggi mi vinci!
Et se non ch’al desio cresce la speme,
i’ cadrei morto, ove più viver bramo.

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Confirmed with Francesco Petrarca, Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta), XIV secolo


Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , no. 85 [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 Gabriella Gullin (b. 1961), "Io Amai Sempre", 2002 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-02-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 98

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