Song LXII

In vain I waste myself from day to day,
By nights I dream of her, who is my only life,
Because of whom I am enduring much strife,
I’m fascinated with her charming face.

Oh God, I pray to Three, with all my worthy acts
Let me atone for lapse I was reduced to thus,
And Devil I will put to shame, expose, unmask
With all his useless nets he weaves for our hearts.

Eleven years have passed since time
That I’m tormented under press so grim,
Marked and selected thus by evil sign.

Pray, pardon one, unworthy of Your grant,
Remind my mind so much confused and dim
How on this fateful day You were crucified.
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Posted: Mar 2011
About this poem:
From Russian translation of Petrarch’s Song Book (Song LXII)

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