Pace non trovo, et non ò da far guerra;
e temo, et spero; et ardo, et son un ghiaccio;
et volo sopra 'l cielo, et giaccio in terra;
et nulla stringo, et tutto 'l mondo abbraccio.

Tal m'à in pregion, che non m'apre né serra,
né per suo mi riten né scioglie il laccio;
et non m'ancide Amore, et non mi sferra,
né mi vuol vivo, né mi trae d'impaccio.

Veggio senza occhi, et non ò lingua et grido;
et bramo di perir, et cheggio aita;
et ò in odio me stesso, et amo altrui.

Pascomi di dolor, piangendo rido;
egualmente mi spiace morte et vita:
in questo stato son, donna, per voi.

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Note: Liszt's second version is erroneously listed as Sonnet 104. Liszt and Rheinberger use modernized spellings (e.g., "ò" in the first line becomes "ho" ; "et" becomes "e"). Below is the text from Liszt's first version, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1917. It is also used by Rheinberger:

Pace non trovo, e non ho da far guerra,
E temo, e spero, ed ardo, e son un ghiaccio:
E volo sopra 'l cielo, e giaccio in terra;
E nulla stringo, e [tutto 'l]1 mondo abbraccio.

Tal m'ha in priggion, che non m'apre, nè serra,
Nè per suo mi ritien, nè scioglie il laccio
E non m'ancide Amor, e non mi sferra;
Nè mi vuol vivo, nè mi trahe d'impaccio.

Veggio senz'occhi; e non ho lingua e grido;
E bramo di perir, e [cheggio]2 aita;
Ed ho in odio me stesso, ed amo altrui.

Pascomi di dolor, [piangendo rido]3,
Egualmente mi spiace morte e vita,
In questo stato son, Donna, per Voi.4

¹ in Liszt's 2nd version (checked with the score published in 1922 by Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig), this is "tutto il"
² in Liszt's 2nd version, this is "chiegio"
³ in Liszt's 2nd version, this is "piangendo io rido"
⁴ in the repetition of this line in Liszt's first version, he names the lady: "In questo stato son per Voi, O Laura, per Voi."

Authorship

• by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 134 [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 Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Pace non trovo", S. 270a no. 1 (1842-6), published 1846 [tenor and piano], from Tre sonetti di Petrarca, no. 1, Vienna, Haslinger, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Sonetto di Petrarca", op. 129 (Drei Gesänge) no. 2 (1882), published 1882 [high voice and piano], also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874) ENG ENG FRE SPA ; composed by Franz Liszt.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Fanny (Franziska) von Hoffnaaß, née Jägerhuber (1831 - 1892) ENG ENG FRE SPA ; composed by Joseph Rheinberger.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Thomas Wyatt, Sir) , "I find no peace" [an adaptation]
• ENG English (A. S. Kline) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Francisque Reynard) , "Sonnet LXXXIX"
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "No encuentro paz", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 113

No encuentro paz, pero no estoy dispuesto a la guerra; 
y temo y espero; y ardo y soy de hielo; 
vuelo arriba en el cielo, y yazgo en tierra; 
no tengo nada entre las manos, y abrazo a todo el mundo. 

Así me tiene Amor en prisión, que no me abre la puerta 
ni me la cierra, que no me retiene como suyo, 
ni suelta el lazo; y no me mata ni quita mis cadenas; 
no me quiere vivo, ni me saca del tormento. 

Miro sin ojos; no tengo lengua, y grito; 
deseo morir, y pido ayuda; 
me odio, y amo a otra persona. 

Me alimento de dolor; llorando, río; 
me desagradan por igual muerte y vida. 
Así estoy, señora, por vos.