Qual ventura mi fu, quando da l'uno
de' duo i piú belli occhi che mai furo,
mirandol di dolor turbato et scuro,
mosse vertú che fe' 'l mio infermo et bruno!
Send'io tornato a solver il digiuno
di veder lei che sola al mondo curo,
fummi il Ciel et Amor men che mai duro,
se tutte altre mie gratie inseme aduno:
ché dal dextr'occhio, anzi dal dextro sole,
de la mia donna al mio dextr'occhio venne
il mal che mi diletta, et non mi dole;
et pur com'intellecto avesse et penne,
passò quasi una stella che 'n ciel vole;
et Natura et Pietate il corso tenne.
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What good fortune came to me, when a force
that made my eyes weak and dim, beamed
from one of the two loveliest eyes there ever were,
as I gazed on it in dark and troubled grief!
As I turned back to satisfy my hunger
to see her whom alone in this world I care for,
Heaven and Love were never kinder to me,
even if all other times of grace were counted:
since from my lady's right eye, rather
the right hand sun, delightful sickness
entered into mine, and did not grieve me:
and something with intelligence and wings,
passed, like a star shooting through the sky:
and Nature and Pity guided its course.
Note:
Laura's eye infection of 2 3 1 is cleared
by a piece of sympathetic magic, as Petrarch
receives the infection.
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