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Petrarch:The Canzoniere

Translated by: A.S.Kline
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ITALIAN ENGLISH
Giunto m'à Amor fra belle et crude braccia,
che m'ancidono a torto; et s'io mi doglio,
doppia 'l martir; onde pur, com'io soglio,
il meglio è ch'io mi mora amando, et taccia:

ché poria questa il Ren qualor piú agghiaccia
arder con gli occhi, et rompre ogni aspro scoglio;
et à sí egual a le bellezze orgoglio,
che di piacer altrui par che le spiaccia.

Nulla posso levar io per mi' 'ngegno
del bel diamante, ond'ell'à il cor sí duro;
l'altro è d'un marmo che si mova et spiri:

ned ella a me per tutto 'l suo disdegno
torrà già mai, né per sembiante oscuro,
le mie speranze, e i miei dolci sospiri.
Love's caught me in a lovely harsh embrace,
that kills unjustly: and if I complain
he doubles my hurt: then it's better to be
as I used to be, dying of love, and silent.

she'd burn the Rhine however deeply frozen
with her eyes, and shatter all its sharp rocks:
and she has pride equal to her beauty,
so that she regrets pleasing others.

I cannot soften that lovely diamond
with my wit, or that heart so hard:
the rest is marble that moves and breathes:

nor with all her disdain, nor her dark looks,
can she ever take my hope away from me,
nor ever take away my sweet sighs.


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Peter Sadlon
Updated Sept 10th 2007

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