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by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Translation by Francisque Reynard (1835 - ?)

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]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by E. Solonovich ; composed by Boris Alexandrovich Arapov.
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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


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-11
Line count: 14
Word count: 105

Mes bonheurs sont tardifs et paresseux à...
Language: French (Français)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Mes bonheurs sont tardifs et paresseux à venir ;
l'espoir est incertain, et le désir monte et s'accroît ;
aussi la fatigue et l'attente me pèsent également ;
mais, pour s'en aller, mes bonheurs sont plus agiles que le tigre.

Hélas ! les neiges deviendront tièdes et noires,
la mer sera sans ondes, les poissons vivront sur les Alpes,
et le Soleil remontera vers les lieux où
l'Euphrate et le Tibre coulent d'une même source,

Avant que je trouve en cela paix ou trêve,
ou avant qu'Amour et ma Dame n'en usent autrement,
lesquels sont, à tort, conjurés contre moi.

Et si jamais je goûte quelque douceur, ce sera après tant d'amertumes,
que, l'ayant en dédain, je n'en pourrai savourer le goût.
Jamais je n'eus d'eux d'autres faveurs.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Francisque Reynard (1835 - ?), no title [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. 57
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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: 2013-03-14
Line count: 14
Word count: 124

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