by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Translation by Francisque Reynard (1835 - ?)
Se lamentar augelli, o verdi fronde
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Se lamentar augelli, o verdi fronde mover soavemente a l'aura estiva, o roco mormorar di lucide onde s'ode d'una fiorita et fresca riva, là 'v'io seggia d'amor pensoso et scriva, lei che 'l ciel ne mostrò, terra n'asconde, veggio, et odo, et intendo ch'anchor viva di sí lontano a' sospir' miei risponde. «Deh, perché inanzi 'l tempo ti consume? - mi dice con pietate - a che pur versi degli occhi tristi un doloroso fiume? Di me non pianger tu, ché' miei dí fersi morendo eterni, et ne l'interno lume, quando mostrai de chiuder, gli occhi apersi».
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Text Authorship:
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 2. Rime In morte di Madonna Laura, no. 279 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl August Förster (1784 - 1841) ; composed by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg.
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) , "Canzone CCLXXIX Se lamentar augelli"
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Canzone CCLXXIX Se lamentar augelli
Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)
Si la plainte des oiseaux, ou le bruit des verts feuillages doucement remués par la brise estivale, ou si le rauque murmure des ondes limpides se fait entendre sur quelque rive fleurie et fraîche, Où, plein de pensées d'amour, je m'étais assis pour écrire, je vais, et j'écoute, et j'entends celle que le ciel nous montra, que la terre nous cache, et qui, toujours vivante, répond de si loin à mes soupirs, Ah ! pourquoi te consumes-tu avant le temps ? me dit-elle d'un air de pitié ; à quoi sert de répandre par tes tristes yeux un douloureux fleuve ? Ne pleure pas sur moi ; car, par la mort, mes jours sont devenus éternels ; et quand je parus fermer les yeux, je les ouvris à l'éternelle lumière.
Text Authorship:
- by Francisque Reynard (1835 - ?), "Canzone CCLXXIX Se lamentar augelli" [author's text checked 1 time 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 2. Rime In morte di Madonna Laura, no. 279
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-10-22
Line count: 14
Word count: 124