Commentary
Introduction
DGR's translation loses touch with the successful affect of
Cecco's in the sestet, particularly the last two lines which are excessively
oblique, compared with Cecco's poem. This change is in large part the result of
DGR's cource text,
<hi rend="i">Raccolta
di Rime Antiche Toscane</hi>
(II. 157), which prints “aitarmi”
for the received “amarmi” (line 13) and
“sė” for the received “me'” (line 14).. The
last two lines mean literally, in the received version,
“I want my lady to love me as I could never say in a truer sonnet”.
for the received “me'” (line 14).
For further general information about Cecco and his work see
the commentary for
“Dante Alighieri, Cecco, your
good friend”
).
Textual History: Composition
Probably an early translation, late 1840s
Textual History: Revision
Printing History
The translation was first published in 1861 in
<hi rend="i">The
Early Italian Poets</hi>
; it was reprinted in 1874 in
<hi rend="i">Dante
and his Circle</hi>
.
Bibliographic
“Introduction
to Part II” (in
Early Italian Poets)
212-217
Lanza, ed.,
<hi rend="i">Rime. Cecco Angiolieri</hi>
, 209-210
Massera, ed.,
<hi rend="i">Sonetti Burleschi e Realistici</hi>
,
135