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Petrarch:The Canzoniere

Translated by: A.S.Kline
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ITALIAN ENGLISH
Alma felice che sovente torni
a consolar le mie notti dolenti
con gli occhi tuoi che Morte non à spenti,
ma sovra 'l mortal modo fatti adorni:

quanto gradisco che' miei tristi giorni
a rallegrar de tua vista consenti!
Cosí comincio a ritrovar presenti
le tue bellezze a' suoi usati soggiorni,

là 've cantando andai di te molt'anni,
or, come vedi, vo di te piangendo:
di te piangendo no, ma de' miei danni.

Sol un riposo trovo in molti affanni,
che, quando torni, te conosco e 'ntendo
a l'andar, a la voce, al volto, a' panni.
Happy spirit that so often turns
to console me in the grieving night
with eyes that Death has not dimmed,
but has adorned beyond all mortal things:

how pleased I am that you consent
to lighten my sad days with sight of you!
Now I begin to find your beauty present,
once more, as it used to be,

where I have sung of you so many years,
now, as you see, where I go weeping:
not weeping for you, but for my loss.

I only find one solace in my trouble:
when you return, I know and understand you,
by your gestures, voice, your face, your dress.


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Peter Sadlon
Updated Sept 10th 2007

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