by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
I' vo piangendo i miei passati tempi
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
I' vo piangendo i miei passati tempi i quai posi in amar cosa mortale, senza levarmi a volo, abbiend'io l'ale, per dar forse di me non bassi exempi. Tu che vedi i miei mali indegni et empi, Re del cielo invisibile immortale, soccorri a l'alma disvïata et frale, e 'l suo defecto di tua gratia adempi: sí che, s'io vissi in guerra et in tempesta, mora in pace et in porto; et se la stanza fu vana, almen sia la partita honesta. A quel poco di viver che m'avanza et al morir, degni esser Tua man presta: Tu sai ben che 'n altrui non ò speranza.
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Authorship:
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 2. Rime In morte di Madonna Laura, no. 365 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Erik Bergman (1911 - 2006), "I' vo piangendo", op. 118 no. 4 (1991) [ baritone and mixed chorus ], from Petrarca-sarja / Petrarca-Suite, 4 sonetti fra "Il Canzoniere" di Francesco Petrarca, no. 4, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "I'vo piangendo" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Andrea Rota (1553 - 1597), "I' vo piangendo i miei passati tempi" [ chorus ], madrigal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Padre F. Mauro de Servi (c1545 - c1621), "I' vo piangendo i miei passati tempi" [ chorus ], madrigal [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (A. S. Kline) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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