by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Translation by Leo Lanckoroński (1884 - 1967)
Von Licht getroffen ahnt der Falter zwar
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)
Von Licht getroffen ahnt der Falter zwar, Daß er nicht taugt, das Feuer zu ertragen; Doch treibt's ihn in die Flamme. Mit Behagen Bringt blind dem Zauber er sein Leben dar. Mein Los, du armer Falter, gleicht dem deinen: Zu schwach bin ich; es zieht mich mächtig fort. O, könnt' ich still im Schutz des Dunkels weinen!
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Text Authorship:
- by Leo Lanckoroński (1884 - 1967) [an adaptation] [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 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 19
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Charlotte Seither (b. 1965) [an adaptation] ; composed by Charlotte Seither.
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