Est-ce que j'ose, mon trésor

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by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Com'arò dunche ardire

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: CAT FRE LIT

Com'arò dunche ardire
Senza vo' ma', mio ben, tenermi 'n vita,
S'io non posso al partir chiedervi aita?
Que' singulti, e que' pianti, e que' sospiri
Che 'l miser core voi accompagnorno,
Madonna, duramente dimostrorno
La mia propinqua morte e' miei martiri.
Ma se ver è che per assenzia mai
Mia fedel servitù vadia in oblio,
Il cor lasso con voi, che non è mio.

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Text Authorship:

by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), appears in Rime, no. 12 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Com'arò dunche ardire", op. 145 no. 4, from Suite on verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti, no. 4, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Abram Markovich Efros (1888 - 1954) ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (John Edward Taylor) , no title, appears in Michelangelo considered as a Philosophic Poet. With translations., London, first published 1840
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , subtitle: "Argi išdrįsčiau, mano brangenybe", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Est‑ce que j'ose, mon trésor

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Est-ce que j'ose, mon trésor,
Exister sans vous, dans mes tourments,
Puisque vous êtes sourde à mes supplications d'adoucir notre séparation ?
Avec mon cœur découragé, je ne cache plus
Mes cris, mes soupirs, mes sanglots,
Pour vous montrer, Madonna, le poids de ma souffrance
Et ma mort qui n'est plus éloignée ;
Mais pour que plus tard par le sort ma dévotion
Ne soit pas bannie de votre mémoire,
Je vous laisserai mon cœur en gage.

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Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), appears in Rime, no. 12
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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-29
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Word count: 75