A new young angel carried by her wings Poem by Francesco Petrarch

‘Nova angeletta sovra l'ale accorta'

A new young angel carried by her wings
descended from the sky to the green bank,
there where I passed, alone, to my destiny,
When she saw I was without companion,
or guard, she stretched a noose, woven of silk,
in the grass, with which the way was turfed.
Then I was captured: and later it did not displease me,
so sweet a light issued from her eyes.

Translated by: A. S. Kline