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Petrarch:The Canzoniere

Translated by: A.S.Kline
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ITALIAN ENGLISH
Lasso, ch'i' ardo, et altri non me 'l crede;
sí crede ogni uom, se non sola colei
che sovr'ogni altra, et ch'i' sola, vorrei:
ella non par che 'l creda, et sí sel vede.

Infinita bellezza et poca fede,
non vedete voi 'l cor nelli occhi mei?
Se non fusse mia stella, i' pur devrei
al fonte di pietà trovar mercede.

Quest'arder mio, di che vi cal sí poco,
e i vostri honori, in mie rime diffusi,
ne porian infiammar fors'anchor mille:

ch'i' veggio nel penser, dolce mio foco,
fredda una lingua et duo belli occhi chiusi
rimaner, dopo noi, pien' di faville.
Alas, I burn, and others will not believe me:
if all believed she who's above all others
still does not, she who alone I wish to do so:
she does not seem to believe, and yet she sees.

Infinite beauty, yet of such little faith,
do you not see my heart in my eyes?
If my fate were not otherwise, I surely must
find mercy at the fountain of pity?

My passion, for which you care so little,
and your praises that pervade my verses,
may yet perhaps set thousands on fire:

since, my sweet flame, in my thoughts, I see,
long after us, this tongue, grown cold, yet your
two lovely closed eyes, there, glowing still.


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Peter Sadlon
Updated Sept 10th 2007

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