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Petrarch:The Canzoniere

Translated by: A.S.Kline
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ITALIAN ENGLISH
Mille piagge in un giorno et mille rivi
mostrato m'à per la famosa Ardenna
Amor, ch'a' suoi le piante e i cori impenna
per fargli al terzo ciel volando ir vivi.

Dolce m'è sol senz'arme esser stato ivi,
dove armato fier Marte, et non acenna,
quasi senza governo et senza antenna
legni in mar, pien di penser' gravi et schivi.

Pur giunto al fin de la giornata oscura,
rimembrando ond'io vegno, et con quai piume,
sento di troppo ardir nascer paura.

Ma 'l bel paese e 'l difectoso fiume
con serena accoglienza rassecura
il cor già vòlto ov'abita il suo lume.
Love has shown me a thousand hills and streams
in the famed Ardennes, in a single day:
he who sends winged feet and hearts
flying, still living, up to the third heaven.

It was sweet to me to be alone and unarmed there
where bold Mars takes up arms without warning,
a ship at sea with barely a mast and rudder,
filled with serious and diffident thought.

Reaching the end of this dark day, remembering
where I have been, and on what wings,
I feel fear born of too great a daring.

But the lovely land and the delightful river,
with their calm welcome, reassure
my heart, turning again to where it's light lives.


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Peter Sadlon
Updated Sept 10th 2007

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