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Petrarch:The Canzoniere

Translated by: A.S.Kline
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ITALIAN ENGLISH
Or ài fatto l'extremo di tua possa,
o crudel Morte; or ài 'l regno d'Amore
impoverito; or di bellezza il fiore
e 'l lume ài spento, et chiuso in poca fossa;

or ài spogliata nostra vita et scossa
d'ogni ornamento et del sovran suo honore:
ma la fama e 'l valor che mai non more
non è in tua forza; abbiti ignude l'ossa:

ché l'altro à 'l cielo, et di sua chiaritate,
quasi d'un piú bel sol, s'allegra et gloria,
et fi' al mondo de' buon' sempre in memoria.

Vinca 'l cor vostro, in sua tanta victoria,
angel novo, lassú, di me pietate,
come vinse qui 'l mio vostra beltate.

Now you have done the worst that you can,
O cruel Death: now you've impoverished
Love's kingdom: now the flower and light
of beauty is quenched, and shut in a little earth:

now you've despoiled our life, and stripped it
of all adornment, and the sovereign of his virtue:
but her fame and worth that can never die
are not in your power: dwell in her bones:

since the nobler part's in heaven, and her brightness
like a lovelier sun, makes joyful and glorifies,
and by the good on earth is always remembered.

May your heart, there, be conquered,
new angel, in victory, by pity for me,
as your beauty here conquered me.


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Peter Sadlon
Updated Sept 10th 2007

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