I' vidi in terra angelici costumi

I' vidi in terra angelici costumi,
E celesti bellezze al mondo sole;
Tal che di rimembrar mi giova, e dole:
Che quant'io miro, par sogni, ombre, e fumi.

E vidi lagrimar que' duo bei lumi,
Ch'han fatto mille volte invidia al sole;
Ed udì' sospirando dir parole
Che farian gir i monti, e stare i fiumi.

Amor! senno! valor, pietate, e doglia
Facean piangendo un più dolce concento
D'ogni altro, che nel mondo udir si soglia.

Ed era 'l cielo all'armonia s'intento
Che non si vedea in ramo mover foglia.
Tanta dolcezza avea pien l'aer e 'l vento.

by Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) , "Canzone CLVI"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Franz (Ferencz) Liszt (1811-1886) , "I' vidi in terra angelici costumi", S. 270 (1883), from Tre sonetti di Petrarca, no. 3, note: also set in German

by Franz (Ferencz) Liszt (1811-1886) , "So sah ich denn auf Erden Engelsfrieden und Glanz", S. 270 (1883), from Petrarca-Sonette, no. 3, note: also set in Italian

ENG English (Lionel Salter)
SPA Spanish (Wilson Hidalgo)

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