Non a tanti animali il mar fra l'onde
General information
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca
Settings by composers
- Jacquet de Berchem STTTB (v.4 only)
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SAAT (v.6 only)
Text and translations
Italian text 1 Non à tanti animali il mar fra l'onde, 2 Di dí in dí spero ormai l'ultima sera 3 Io non ebbi già mai tranquilla notte, 4 Consumando mi vo di piaggia in piaggia 5 Le città son nemiche, amici i boschi, 6 Deh or foss'io col vago de la luna 7 Sovra dure onde, al lume de la luna
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English translation 1 The sea's not so many creatures in its waves, 2 From day to day I wish my final evening 3 I have never had one tranquil night, 4 Consumed with grief I go from bank to bank 5 Cities are hostile to my thoughts, the woods 6 Ah if, like Endymion, lover of the moon, 7 Over harsh waves, by the light of the moon,
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