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Petrarch:The Canzoniere

Translated by: A.S.Kline
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ITALIAN ENGLISH
Amor, che vedi ogni pensero aperto
e i duri passi onde tu sol mi scorgi,
nel fondo del mio cor gli occhi tuoi porgi,
a te palese, a tutt'altri coverto.

Sai quel che per seguirte ò già sofferto:
et tu pur via di poggio in poggio sorgi,
di giorno in giorno, et di me non t'accorgi
che son sí stanco, e 'l sentier m'è troppo erto.

Ben veggio io di lontano il dolce lume
ove aspre vie mi sproni et giri,
ma non ò come tu da volar piume.

Assai contenti lasci i miei desiri,
pur che ben desïando i' mi consume,
né le dispiaccia che per lei sospiri.

Love, who sees all my thoughts revealed,
my sole companion on these harsh roads,
send your gaze to the depths of my heart,
what's hidden from all others is clear to you.

Know what I've suffered following you:
and you still climb by paths from hill to hill,
from day to day, and take no notice of me:
that I'm so weary, and the path's too steep.

True I see the sweet light in the distance
towards which you spur and whip me harshly,
but unlike you I have no wings to fly.

You leave my longing almost satisfied,
if it is loving well that consumes me,
and if she's not displeased that for her I sigh.



© Copyright 1999-2006
Peter Sadlon
Updated Sept 10th 2007

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