by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)
Rendete agli occhi mei, o fonte o fiume
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Rendete agli occhi mei, o fonte o fiume, L'onde della non vostra e salda vena, Che più v'innalza e cresce, e con più lena Che non è 'l vostro natural costume. E tu, folt'aïr, che 'l celeste lume Tempri a' trist'occhi, de' sospir mie piena, Rendigli al cor mie lasso e rasserena Tua scura faccia al mie visivo acume. Renda la terra i passi alle mie piante, Ch'ancor l'erba germugli che gli è tolta, E 'l suono eco, già sorda a' mie lamenti; Gli sguardi agli occhi mie tuo luce sante, Ch'io possa altra bellezza un'altra volta Amar, po' che di me non ti contenti.
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- by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 95 [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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Sonetto XXXVIII", op. 22 no. 5 (1940), published 1943 [ voice and piano ], from Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926) , no title, appears in Michelangelo-Übertragungen ; composed by Erich Schmid, Anton Schoendlinger, Richard Sturzenegger.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Carl Johengen) , "Sonnet XXXVIII", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sonnet XXXVIII", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Sonetas XXXVIII", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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