Or che 'l ciel e la terra e 'l vento tace, E le fere e gli augelli il sonno affrena, Notte il carro stellato in giro mena E nel suo letto il mar senz'onda giace; Vegghio, penso, ardo, piango; e chi mi sface Sempre m'è inanzi per mia dolce pena: Guerra è il mio stato, d'ira et di duol piena; E sol di lei pensando ho qualche pace. Così sol d'una chiara fonte viva Move 'l dolce e l'amaro ond'io mi pasco; Una man sola mi risana e punge. E perchè 'l mio martìr non giunga a riva, Mille volte il dì moro e mille nasco; Tanto da la salute mia son lunge!
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Confirmed with Francesco Petrarca, Il Canzoniere con le note di Giuseppe Rigutini, rifuse e di molto accresciute da Michele Scherillo. Terza edizione, rinnovata. Ulrico Hoepli, editore libraio della real casa, Milano, 1918, page 319; and with Le Rime di Francesco Petrarca secondo la revisione ultima del poeta a cura di Giuseppe Salvo Cozzo. In Firenze, G. C. Sansoni, editore. 1904, page 172.
Text Authorship:
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 164 [author's text checked 2 times 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 (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Or che il ciel", op. 8 (Vier Canzonetten) no. 2, published 1834, Berlin, Westphal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Or ch'el ciel e la terra e'l vento tace", 1638 [ vocal sextet with 4 violas and 2 violins ], from Libro VIII: Madrigali guerrieri e amorosi, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Or che 'l ciel et la terra e 'l vento tace" [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019) , copyright © ; composed by Dominick Argento.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Diederich Gries (1775 - 1842) , "Sonett XVIII" and sometimes misattributed to August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845); composed by Franz Peter Schubert.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (A. S. Kline) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Francisque Reynard) , "Canzone CLXIV Or che'l ciel e la terra"
- GER German (Deutsch) (Johann Diederich Gries) , no title, appears in Sonette von Francesco Petrarca, no. 6
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Now that sky and earth and wind are hushed [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019), copyright © [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. 164
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019), "Sonnet 164 (Or che'l ciel)", first performed 2007 [baritone and piano], from Three Sonnets of Petrarch, no. 2 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Diederich Gries (1775 - 1842) , "Sonett XVIII" CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE and sometimes misattributed to August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845) CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE ; composed by Franz Peter Schubert.
This text was added to the website: 2012-06-08
Line count: 14
Word count: 133