by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Translation by Francisque Reynard (1835 - ?)
Benedetto sia 'l giorno, e 'l mese, e...
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Benedetto sia 'l giorno, e 'l mese, e l'anno, E la stagione, e 'l tempo, e l'ora, e 'l punto E 'l bel paese e 'l loco, ov'io fui giunto Da'duo begli occhi che legato m'ànno; E benedetto il primo dolce affanno Ch'i' ebbi ad esser con Amor congiunto, E l'arco e la saette ond' i' fui punto, E le piaghe, ch'infino al cor mi vanno. Benedette le voci tante, ch'io Chiamando il nome di Laura ho sparte, E i sospiri e le lagrime e 'l desio. E benedette sian tutte le carte Ov'io fama le acquisto, e il pensier mio, Ch'è sol di lei, si ch'altra non v'ha parte.
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Note: sometimes erroneously listed as Sonnet 47.Text Authorship:
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 61 [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 Andrew Ager (b. 1962), "Benedetto sia il giorno", 2012 [ voice and piano ], from Italian Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erik Bergman (1911 - 2006), "Benedetto sia 'l giorno", op. 118 no. 2 (1991) [ baritone and chorus ], from Petrarca-sarja / Petrarca-Suite, 4 sonetti fra "Il Canzoniere" di Francesco Petrarca, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "Benedetto sia 'l giorno e 'l mese e l'anno", op. 74a (Due sonetti del Petrarca) no. 2 (1933), published 1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Norman Dello Joio (1913 - 2008), "Un sonetto di Petrarca" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Benedetto sia 'l giorno", S. 270a no. 2 (1843-6), published 1846 [ tenor and piano ], from Tre sonetti di Petrarca, no. 2, Haslinger, Vienna, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Émile Paladilhe (1844 - 1926) , "Sonnet de Pétrarque" ; composed by Émile Paladilhe.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874) ; composed by Franz Liszt.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Egon Joseph Wellesz.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949) ; composed by Yury Vladimirovich Kochurov.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by E. Solonovich ; composed by Boris Alexandrovich Arapov.
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 XXXIX"
- 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) , "Bendito sea el día", 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: 110
Sonnet XXXIX
Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)
Béni soit le jour, et le mois, et l'année, et la saison, et le moment, et l'heure, et le beau pays, et l'endroit où je fus rencontré des deux beaux yeux qui m'ont lié. Et bénie soit la douce angoisse que j'éprouvai la première fois que je me sentis uni avec Amour ; bénis l'arc et les flèches dont je fus frappé, et les blessures qui m'atteignent jusqu'au cœur. Bénies soient toutes les chansons que j'ai éparpillées en proclamant le nom de ma Dame ; et mes soupirs, et mes larmes, et mes désirs ! Et bénis soient tous les écrits où je lui ai fait une renommée, et mes pensers qui n'ont pas d'autre objet qu'elle !
Text Authorship:
- by Francisque Reynard (1835 - ?), "Sonnet XXXIX" [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 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 61
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: 114