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I' vidi in terra angelici costumi, E celesti bellezze al mondo sole; Tal che di rimembrar mi giova, e dole: Che quant'io miro, par sogni, ombre, e fumi. E vidi lagrimar que' duo bei lumi, Ch'han fatto mille volte invidia al sole; Ed udì' sospirando dir parole Che farian gir i monti, e stare i fiumi. Amor! senno! valor, pietate, e doglia Facean piangendo un più dolce concento D'ogni altro, che nel mondo udir si soglia. Ed era 'l cielo all'armonia s'intento Che non si vedea in ramo mover foglia. Tanta dolcezza avea pien l'aer e 'l vento.
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Note: sometimes this is erroneously listed as Sonnet 123.Authorship
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 156 [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)
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "I' vidi in terra angelici costumi", S. 270a no. 3 (1843-6), published 1846 [tenor and piano], from Tre sonetti di Petrarca, no. 3, Haslinger, Vienna, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "I' vidi in terraI' vidi in terra", op. 79 no. 2a (2009) [vocal sextet a cappella (s-3t-bar-b)], from Zwei Madrigale nach Sonetten an Laura, no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874) ENG FRE POL SPA ; composed by Franz Liszt.
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) , "Sonnet CIV"
- POL Polish (Polski) (Konstanty Gaszyński) , no title, written 1833
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "Vi en la tierra gracia celestial", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 98
Vi en la tierra gracia celestial, y belleza celeste única en el mundo; tales que, al recordarlas, me regocijan y duelen, que cuanto miro parece sueño, sombra y humo. Y vi llorar esas dos hermosas luces, que mil veces han causado envidia al sol; y escuché decir palabras, entre suspiros, que harían andar los montes, y detenerse los ríos. Amor, sentido, valor, piedad y duelo hacían en ese llanto una música más dulce que cualquier otra que se haya oído en el mundo. Y estaba el cielo tan atento a la armonía, que no se veía en las ramas moverse una hoja, tanta dulzura había henchido el aire y el viento.
Authorship
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2007 by Wilson Hidalgo, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 156
This text was added to the website: 2007-08-18
Line count: 14
Word count: 111