Soleasi nel mio cor star bella e viva
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SINCE HER DEATH, NOTHING IS LEFT TO HIM BUT GRIEF
[Robert Guthrie MacGregor's Translation]
She stood within my heart, warm, young, alone,
As in a humble home a lady bright;
By her last flight not merely am I grown
Mortal, but dead, and she an angel quite.
A soul whence every bliss and hope is flown,
Love shorn and naked of its own glad light,
Might melt with pity e'en a heart of stone:
But none there is to tell their grief or write;
These plead within, where deaf is every ear
Except mine own, whose power its griefs so mar
That nought is left me save to suffer here.
Verily we but dust and shadows are!
Verily blind and evil is our will!
Verily human hopes deceive us still!
[Susan Wollaston's Translation]
'Mid life's bright glow she dwelt within my soul,
The sovereign tenant of a humble cell,
But when for heaven she bade the world farewell,
Death seem'd to grasp me in his fierce control:
My wither'd love torn from its brightening goal—
My soul without its treasure doom'd to dwell—
Could I but trace their grief, their sorrow tell,
A stone might wake, and fain with them condole.
They inly mourn, where none can hear their woe
Save I alone, who too with grief oppress'd,
Can only soothe my anguish by my sighs:
Life is indeed a shadowy dream below;
Our blind desires by Reason's chain unbless'd,
Whilst Hope in treacherous wither'd fragments lies.
[Robert Guthrie MacGregor's Translation]
She stood within my heart, warm, young, alone,
As in a humble home a lady bright;
By her last flight not merely am I grown
Mortal, but dead, and she an angel quite.
A soul whence every bliss and hope is flown,
Love shorn and naked of its own glad light,
Might melt with pity e'en a heart of stone:
But none there is to tell their grief or write;
These plead within, where deaf is every ear
Except mine own, whose power its griefs so mar
That nought is left me save to suffer here.
Verily we but dust and shadows are!
Verily blind and evil is our will!
Verily human hopes deceive us still!
[Susan Wollaston's Translation]
'Mid life's bright glow she dwelt within my soul,
The sovereign tenant of a humble cell,
But when for heaven she bade the world farewell,
Death seem'd to grasp me in his fierce control:
My wither'd love torn from its brightening goal—
My soul without its treasure doom'd to dwell—
Could I but trace their grief, their sorrow tell,
A stone might wake, and fain with them condole.
They inly mourn, where none can hear their woe
Save I alone, who too with grief oppress'd,
Can only soothe my anguish by my sighs:
Life is indeed a shadowy dream below;
Our blind desires by Reason's chain unbless'd,
Whilst Hope in treacherous wither'd fragments lies.
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Genius Annotation
Petrarch, developer of the Italian sonnet form, fell in love with a woman named Laura on April 6, 1327. “Soleasi nel mio cor star bella e viva” is the 294th poem dedicated to her in the Rerum vulgarium fragmenta (Fragments Composed in the Vernacular). The central theme of these collected poems is Petrarch’s platonic love of Laura. The collection is divided into two parts, In vita di Madonna Laura (The Life of Lady Laura) and In morte di Madonna Laura (The Death of Lady Laura). “Soleasi nel mio cor star bella e viva” appears in the latter half of the collection.
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- 47.Sonnet XXXIX
- 48.Sonnet XL
- 49.Sonnet XLI
- 50.Canzone V
- 51.Sonnet XLII
- 52.Madrigale I
- 101.Sestina VII
- 102.Sestina VIII
- 103.Sonnet CCI
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- 106.Sonnet CCV
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- 109.Sonnet CCIX
- 110.Sonnet CCX
- 111.Sonnet CCXI
- 112.Sonnet CCXII
- 113.Sonnet CCXIII
- 114.Sonnet CCXIV
- 115.Sonnet CCXV
- 116.Sonnet CCXVI
- 117.Sonnet CCXVII
- 118.Sonnet CCXVIII
- 119.Sonnet CCXIX
- 120.Sonnet CCXX
- 121.Sonnet CCXXI
- 122.Sonnet CCXXII
- 123.Sonnet CCXXIII
- 124.Sonnet CCXXIV
- 125.Sonnet CLVI
- 126.Canzone XXI
- 127.Sonnet CCXXVI
- 128.Sonnet CCXXVII
- 129.Sonnet CLVII
- 133.Sonnet CLVIII
- 141.Sonnet CLIX
- 145.Sonnet CLX
- 149.Sonnet CLXI
- 157.Sonnet CLXII
- 158.Sonnet CLXIII
- 159.Sonnet CLXIV
- 160.Sonnet CLXV
- 161.Sonnet CLXVI
- 162.Sonnet CLXVII
- 163.Sonnet CLXVIII
- 164.Sonnet CLXIX
- 165.Sonnet CLXX
- 166.Sonnet CLXXI
- 167.Sonnet CLXXII
- 168.Canzone XIX
- 169.Canzone XX
- 170.Sonnet CLXXIII
- 171.Sonnet CLXXIV
- 172.Sonnet CLXXV
- 173.Sonnet CLXXVI
- 177.Sonnet CLXXVII
- 178.Sonnet CLXXVIII
- 182.Sestina VI
- 185.Sonnet CLXXIX
- 186.Sonnet CLXXX
- 187.Sonnet CLXXXI
- 188.Sonnet CLXXXII
- 189.Sonnet CLXXXIII
- 190.Sonnet CLXXXIV
- 191.Sonnet CLXXXV
- 192.Sonnet CLXXXVI
- 193.Sonnet CLXXXVII
- 194.Sonnet CLXXXIX
- 195.Sonnet CXC
- 196.Sonnet CXCI
- 197.Sonnet CXCII
- 198.Sonnet CXCIII
- 199.Sonnet CXCV
- 200.Sonnet CXCIV
- 201.Sonnet CXCVI
- 202.Canzone VI
- 203.Madrigale II
- 204.Ballata III
- 205.Sonnet XLIII
- 206.Sonnet XLIV
- 207.Sonnet XLV
- 208.Ballata IV
- 209.Sonnet XLVI
- 210.Sonnet XLVII
- 211.Sonnet XLVIII
- 212.Ballata V
- 213.Sonnet XLIX
- 214.Sonnet L
- 215.Sestina III
- 216.Sonnet LI
- 217.Sonnet LII
- 218.Sonnet LIII
- 219.Canzone VII
- 220.Canzone VIII
- 221.Canzone IX
- 222.Canzone X
- 223.Sonnet LIV
- 224.Sonnet LV
- 225.Sonnet LVI
- 226.Sonnet LVII
- 227.Sonnet LVIII
- 228.Sonnet LIX
- 229.Sestina IV
- 230.Sonnet LX
- 231.Sonnet LXI
- 232.Sonnet LXII
- 233.Sonnet LXIII
- 234.Sonnet LXIV
- 235.Sonnet LXV
- 236.Sonnet LXVI
- 237.Sonnet LXVII
- 238.Sonnet LXVIII
- 239.Sonnet LXIX
- 240.Sonnet LXX
- 241.Sonnet LXXI
- 242.Sonnet LXXII
- 243.Sonnet LXXIII
- 244.Sonnet LXXVII
- 245.Sonnet LXXV
- 246.Sonnet LXXVI
- 247.Sonnet CXLVII
- 248.Sonnet LXXVIII
- 249.Sonnet LXXIX
- 250.Sonnet LXXX
- 251.Sonnet LXXXI
- 252.Sonnet LXXXII
- 253.Sonnet LXXXIII
- 254.Canzone XI
- 255.Madrigale III
- 256.Sonnet LXXXIV
- 257.Sonnet LXXXV
- 258.Sonnet LXXXVI
- 259.Sonnet LXXXVII
- 260.Sonnet LXXXVIII
- 261.Sonnet LXXXIX
- 262.Sonnet XC
- 263.Sonnet XCI
- 264.Sonnet XCII
- 265.Sonnet XCIII
- 266.Sonnet CXCVII
- 267.Sonnet XCIV
- 268.Sonnet XCV
- 269.Canzone XII
- 270.Madrigale IV
- 271.Sonnet XCVI
- 272.Sonnet XCVII
- 273.Sonnet XCVIII
- 274.Sonnet XCIX
- 275.Canzone XIII
- 276.Canzone XIV
- 277.Canzone XV
- 278.Canzone XVI
- 279.Canzone XVII
- 280.Sonnet C
- 281.Sonnet CII
- 282.Sonnet CIII
- 283.Sonnet CIV
- 284.Canzone XVIII
- 285.Sonnet CV
- 286.Sonnet CVI
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- 288.Sonnet CVIII
- 289.Sonnet CIX
- 290.Sonnet CX
- 291.Sestina V
- 292.Sonnet CXI
- 293.Sonnet CXII
- 294.Sonnet CXIII
- 295.Sonnet CXIV
- 296.Sonnet CXV
- 297.Sonnet CXVI
- 298.Ballata VI
- 299.Sonnet CXVII
- 300.Sonnet CXVIII
- 301.Sonnet CXIX
- 302.Sonnet CXXI
- 303.Sonnet CXX
- 304.Sonnet CXXII
- 305.Sonnet CXCVIII
- 306.Sonnet CXCIX
- 307.Sonnet CC
- 309.Sonnet CXXIII
- 310.Sonnet CXXIV
- 311.Sonnet CCXXV
- 312.Sonnet CLII
- 313.Sonnet CLIII
- 314.Sonnet CLIV
- 315.Sonnet CCIV
- 316.Sonnet CXXV
- 317.Sonnet CXXVI
- 318.Sonnet CXXVII
- 320.Sonnet CXXVIII
- 321.Sonnet CXXIX
- 322.Sonnet CXXX
- 323.Sonnet CXXXI
- 324.Sonnet CXXXII
- 325.Sonnet CXXXIII
- 326.Sonnet CXXXIV
- 328.Sonnet CXXXV
- 329.Sonnet CXXXVI
- 330.Sonnet CXXXVII
- 332.Sonnet CXXXVIII
- 333.Sonnet CXXXIX
- 334.Sonnet CXL
- 336.Sonnet CXLI
- 337.Sonnet CXLII
- 338.Sonnet CXLIII
- 339.Sonnet CXLIV
- 340.Sonnet CXLV
- 341.Sonnet CXLVI
- 344.Soleasi nel mio cor star bella e viva
- 345.Sonnet CXLVIII
- 360.Sonnet CXLIX
- 361.Sonnet CL
- 362.Sonnet CLI
- 364.Sonnet CLV
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