by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Mie venture al venir son tarde et pigre
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Mie venture al venir son tarde et pigre, la speme incerta, e 'l desir monta et cresce, onde e 'l lassare et l'aspectar m'incresce; et poi al partir son piú levi che tigre. Lasso, le nevi fien tepide et nigre, e 'l mar senz'onda, et per l'alpe ogni pesce, et corcherassi il sol là oltre ond'esce d'un medesimo fonte Eufrate et Tigre, prima ch'i' trovi in ciò pace né triegua, o Amore o madonna altr'uso impari, che m'ànno congiurato a torto incontra. Et s'i' ò alcun dolce, è dopo tanti amari, che per disdegno il gusto si dilegua: altro mai di lor gratie non m'incontra.
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Text Authorship:
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 57 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- 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) , no title
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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-11
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