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Petrarch:The Canzoniere

Translated by: A.S.Kline
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ITALIAN ENGLISH
Donna che lieta col Principio nostro
ti stai, come tua vita alma rechiede,
assisa in alta et glorïosa sede,
et d'altro ornata che di perle o d'ostro,

o de le donne altero et raro mostro,
or nel volto di Lui che tutto vede
vedi 'l mio amore, et quella pura fede
per ch'io tante versai lagrime e 'nchiostro;

et senti che vèr te 'l mio core in terra
tal fu, qual ora è in cielo, et mai non volsi
altro da te che 'l sol de li occhi tuoi:

dunque per amendar la lunga guerra
per cui dal mondo a te sola mi volsi,
prega ch'i' venga tosto a star con voi.
Lady, who dwell now, with our Creator,
happily, as your virtuous life deserved,
seated on a noble, glorious throne, adorned
with more than purple robes and pearls,

O high and rare prodigy among women,
you see my love, before the face of Him
who sees all things, and that pure faith
for which such tears and ink were shed:

and know that my heart was yours on earth
as much as now, in heaven, and I never wished
for anything from you but your eyes' sun:

so as to make amends for the long war
in which I turned to you only, from the world,
pray that I soon may come to dwell with you.


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Peter Sadlon
Updated Sept 10th 2007

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