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Petrarch:The Canzoniere

Translated by: A.S.Kline
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ITALIAN ENGLISH
Quel vago, dolce, caro, honesto sguardo
dir parea: - To' di me quel che tu pôi,
ché mai piú qui non mi vedrai da poi
ch'avrai quinci il pe' mosso, a mover tardo. -

Intellecto veloce piú che pardo,
pigro in antivedere i dolor' tuoi,
come non vedestú nelli occhi suoi
quel che ved'ora, ond'io mi struggo et ardo?

Taciti sfavillando oltra lor modo,
dicean: - O lumi amici che gran tempo
con tal dolcezza feste di noi specchi,

il ciel n'aspetta: a voi parrà per tempo;
ma chi ne strinse qui, dissolve il nodo,
e 'l vostro per farv'ira, vuol che 'nvecchi. -
That loving, sweet, dear, virtuous gaze
seemed to say: 'Take of me what you can,
since you'll never see me here again,
when you've once moved those feet, slow to go.'

Intellect, swifter than the leopard,
yet slow to anticipate your grief, why
did you not see in her eyes what you
see now, that burns and consumes me?

Silently gleaming beyond their custom,
they said: 'O friendly eyes that for so long
and with such sweetness made us your mirror,

heaven waits for us: to you it seems too early:
but he who tied the knot, here, dissolves it,
and wills that you, to grieve you, grow older.'


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Peter Sadlon
Updated Sept 10th 2007

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