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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: in the repetition of the final line, Liszt changes "Donna" to "O Laura".
Modernized version used by Liszt and 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 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 aita; Ed ho in odio me stesso, ed amo altrui. Pascomi di dolor, piangendo rido, Egualmente mi spiace morte e vita, In questo stato son, Donna, per Voi.
Text 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 (1842-1846), published 1846 [ tenor and piano ], from Tre sonetti di Petrarca, no. 1, Vienna, Haslinger; confirmed with a 1917 edition by Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig, 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) ; composed by Franz Liszt.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Fanny (Franziska) von Hoffnaaß, née Jägerhuber (1831 - 1892) ; composed by Joseph Rheinberger.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), [adaptation] ; composed by Franz Liszt.
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"
- JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "No encuentro paz", 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.
Line count: 14
Word count: 113
平穏は見いだせず、しかし戦をするでもなく 怖れ、望み、炎と燃え、かつ凍てついている 天空を舞い、かつ大地に臥す そして何も抱き締めず、しかし全世界を抱擁する このように私を檻に入れ、決して開けず、監禁もせず 私を縄で締め付けもせず、だが緩めもせず 愛は私を殺さずとも、自由も与えず 私に生も求めず、私の苦しみも取り除きはしない 目なくして物を見、舌なくして叫ぶ 傷つくことを望み、同時に助けを求める 自らを憎み、他人を愛す 苦しみを糧とし、泣きながら笑う 死も生も等しく私には気に入らない 貴女ゆえに、このような状態に私はあるのです
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Translations of titles:
"Pace non trovo" = "平穏は見いだせず"
"Sonetto di Petrarca" = "ペトラルカのソネット"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to Japanese (日本語) copyright © 2025 by Naoyuki Okada, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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. 134
This text was added to the website: 2025-06-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 14