Datemi Pace
Give Me Peace
—Cipriano de Rore
—Cipriano de Rore
Datemi pace, o duri miei pensieri.
Give me peace, o my jarring thoughts.
Non basta ben ch’Amor Fortuna e
Morte
Is it not enough that Love, Fate,and Death
Mi fanno guerra intorno, e’n su le porte, Senza trovarmi dentro altri guerrieri?
wage war all about me, and at my very gates,
without finding other enemies within?
tu, mio cor, ancor se’pur qual eri?
And you, my heart, are you still as you were?
Disleal a me sol; che fiere scorte
Vai ricettando e se’ fatto consorte
Disloyal to me alone; for you harbor fierce
spies, and have allied yourself
De’ miei nemici si pronti e leggieri.
with my enemies, bold as they are
In te i secreti suoi messaggi, Amore,
In you love reveals his secret messages,
In te spiega Fortuna ogni sua pompa,
in you hate boasts all her triumphs,
Morte la memoria di quel colpo
and Death awakens the memory of
that blow
Che l’avanzo di me conven che rompa;
which must surely destroy all that
remains of me;
In te i vaghi pensier s’arman d’errore:
In you gentle thoughts arm themselves with lies:
Perche d’ogni mio mal te soloincolpo.
—Francesco Petrarch
Wherefore I charge you alone
guilty of all my ills.