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Petrarch:The Canzoniere

Translated by: A.S.Kline
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ITALIAN ENGLISH
Tornami a la mente, anzi v'è dentro, quella
ch'indi per Lethe esser non pò sbandita,
qual io la vidi in su l'età fiorita,
tutta accesa de' raggi di sua stella.

Sí nel mio primo occorso honesta et bella
veggiola, in sé raccolta, et sí romita,
ch'i' grido: - Ell'è ben dessa; anchor è in vita -,
e 'n don le cheggio sua dolce favella.

Talor risponde, et talor non fa motto.
I' come huom ch'erra, et poi piú dritto estima,
dico a la mente mia: - Tu se' 'ngannata.

Sai che 'n mille trecento quarantotto,
il dí sesto d'aprile, in l'ora prima,
del corpo uscío quell'anima beata. -

She comes to mind, rather is already there,
she who cannot even be banished by Lethe,
such as I saw here in the flower of her years,
all burning with the rays of her planet.

I see her, lovely and chaste, as if at our first
meeting, gathered in herself, and so distant,
that I cry: 'It is truly her: she is still alive.'
and beg the gift of her of her sweet tongue.

Sometimes she answers, sometimes not a word.
Like a man who errs, and then sees clearly,
I say in my mind: 'You are deceived about her.

Know that in thirteen hundred and forty eight,
on the sixth day of April, in the first hour,
that soul, so blessed, issued from its body.'


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Updated Sept 10th 2007

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