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Petrarch:The Canzoniere

Translated by: A.S.Kline
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ITALIAN ENGLISH
Non Tesin, Po, Varo, Adige et Tebro,
Eufrate, Tigre, Nilo, Hermo, Indo et Gange,
Tana, Histro, Alpheo, Garona, e 'l mar che frange,
Rodano, Hibero, Ren, Sena, Albia, Era, Hebro;

non edra, abete, pin, faggio, o genebro,
poria 'l foco allentar che 'l cor tristo ange,
quant'un bel rio ch'ad ognor meco piange,
co l'arboscel che 'n rime orno et celebro.

Questo un soccorso trovo tra gli assalti
d'Amore, ove conven ch'armato viva
la vita che trapassa a sí gran salti.

Cosí cresca il bel lauro in fresca riva,
et chi 'l piantò pensier' leggiadri et alti
ne la dolce ombra al suon de l'acque scriva.
Not Ticino, Po, Varo, Arno, Adige or Tiber
Euphrates, Tigris, Nile, Erno, Indus, or Ganges,
Don, Danube, Alpheus, Garonne, or the breaking sea,
Rhône, Iber, Rhine, Seine, Elbe, Loire, Ebro:

Not ivy, fir, pine, beech, or juniper
could lessen the fire that vexes my sad heart,
as much as the lovely river that always weeps with me,
and the little tree I adorn and praise in verse.

I find they help against the assaults
of Love, while I must live, well-armed,
the life which passes by in such swift leaps.

Let the beautiful laurel grow so, on the green bank,
and let him who planted it, in the sweet shade,
write lofty and joyful thoughts, to the sound of water.


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Peter Sadlon
Updated Sept 10th 2007

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