The time is now past | The time is now past for those thoughts

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Passato è il tempo omaj

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Passato è il tempo omaj di quei pensieri
Che mi solea tuor pace
E hor forte mi spiace,
Tal che mi diede già longi martiri.

Ancor più mi tormenta il grande erore
Che m'a conduto a tanta extrema vita.
Se amato avesse cosa di valore,
Seria mia pena con men doglia usita.

Però convegno al tuto far partita
Dal passato piacere;
E'n questo provedere
Perder lieltate e rinovar sospiri.

Passato è il tempo omaj di quei pensieri
Che mi solea tuor pace
E hor forte mi spiace,
Tal che mi diede già longi martiri.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Guillaume Dufay (c1400 - 1474), "Passato è il tempo omaj" [
text verified 1 time
]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "The time is now past", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2012-05-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 94

The time is now past

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

The time is now past for those thoughts
Which used to destroy my peace
And now I am very displeased
At that which gave me so long a torment.

What torments me even more, is the grave mistake
Which brought me so near the end of life.
If I had loved a lady of worth
Then my devotion would have brought me less pain.

Still, everyone has to leave behind
The pleasures of the past;
In looking forward,
We lose old loyalties and renew our sighs.

The time is now past for those thoughts
Which used to destroy my peace
And now I am very displeased
At that which gave me so long a torment.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 115