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Petrarch:The Canzoniere

Translated by: A.S.Kline
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ITALIAN ENGLISH
Quel sol che mi mostrava il camin destro
di gire al ciel con glorïosi passi,
tornando al sommo Sole, in pochi sassi
chiuse 'l mio lume e 'l suo carcer terrestro:

ond'io son fatto un animal silvestro,
che co pie' vaghi, solitarii et lassi
porto 'l cor grave et gli occhi humidi et bassi
al mondo, ch'è per me un deserto alpestro.

Cosí vo ricercando ogni contrada
ov'io la vidi; et sol tu che m'affligi,
Amor, vien meco, et mostrimi ond'io vada.

Lei non trov'io: ma suoi santi vestigi
tutti rivolti a la superna strada
veggio, lunge da' laghi averni et stigi.
That sun that showed me the right road
to climb to heaven with glorious steps,
turning to the highest Sun, has shut my light
and her terrestrial prison beneath a little stone:

so I have become a wild creature, lonely
and weary, with wandering feet,
carrying a heavy heart and wet downcast eyes
through the world, a mountainous desert to me.

So I go searching again for every place
I saw her: and only you, who afflict me,
Love, come with me, and show me the way.

I do not find her: yet I always see
her sacred footsteps on the heavenly path,
far from Lake Avernus and the Styx.


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Peter Sadlon
Updated Sept 10th 2007

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