Canzoniere/Poem V

SONNET Quand' io movo i sospiri a chiamar voi

HE PLAYS UPON THE NAME LAURETA OR LAURA.

In sighs when I outbreathe your cherish'd name, That name which love has writ upon my heart, LAUd instantly upon my doting tongue, At the first thought of its sweet sound, is heard; Your REgal state, which I encounter next, Doubles my valour in that high emprize: But TAcit ends the word; your praise to tell Is fitting load for better backs than mine. Thus all who call you, by the name itself, Are taught at once to LAUd and to REvere, O worthy of all reverence and esteem! Save that perchance Apollo may disdain That mortal tongue of his immortal boughs Should ever so presume as e'en to speak.

ANON.

Cancionero, Si muevo mis suspiros a llamaros Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta)/Quando io movo i sospiri a chiamar voi