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Chant
Italian source: Petrarca, Francesco

La mia corta favola
è già compita
è già compita.

E fornito il mio tempo
a mezzo gli anni
La mia corta favola

è già compit
a è già compita

_from Sonnet de Petrarque / Sonnet RVF 254_

Song
English translation © Jennifer Rushworth

My short tale
is already over
is already over

And my time is fulfilled
in the middle of my years.
My short tale

is already over
is already over

Chant
Italian source: Petrarca, Francesco

Song
English source: Jennifer Rushworth

La mia corta favola
My short tale
è già compita
is already over
è già compita.
is already over

E fornito il mio tempo
And my time is fulfilled
a mezzo gli anni
in the middle of my years.
La mia corta favola
My short tale

è già compit
is already over
a è già compita
is already over

_from Sonnet de Petrarque / Sonnet RVF 254_

Poet

Petrarca, Francesco

Francesco Petrarca, commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar and poet in Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited for initiating the 14th-century Renaissance.…

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