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“Benedetto sia ‘l giorno, et ‘l mese, et l’anno, / et la stagione, e’l tempo, et l’ora, e ‘l punto…” — Rvf 61

Blessed be the day, and the month, and the year, and the season, and the time, and the hour, and the moment…”(Kline).

Rvf 17

· Day 17 of 366

Piovonmi amare lagrime dal viso

April 21, 2026

ITALIANO (original)

Piovonmi amare lagrime dal viso
con un vento angoscioso di sospiri,
quando in voi adiven che gli occhi giri
per cui sola dal mondo i’ son diviso.

Vero è che ‘l dolce mansüeto riso
pur acqueta gli ardenti miei desiri,
et mi sottragge al foco de’ martiri,
mentr’io son a mirarvi intento et fiso.

Ma gli spiriti miei s’aghiaccian poi
ch’i’ veggio al departir gli atti soavi
torcer da me le mie fatali stelle.

Largata alfin co l’amorose chiavi
l’anima esce del cor per seguir voi;
et con molto pensiero indi si svelle.

ENGLISH (Kline trans.)

Bitter tears pour down my face
with an anguished storm of sighing,
when my eyes chance to turn on you
through whom alone I am lost from the world.

Yet it is true that your soft gentle smile
quietens my ardent desires,
and saves me from the fire of suffering,
while I am intent and fixed on gazing.

But then my spirits are chilled, when I see,
at your departure, my fatal stars
turn their sweet aspect from me.

Released at last by those loving keys,
the spirit leaves the heart to follow you,
and in deep thought, walks on from there.

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