Mentre m'attrista e duol , parte m'è caro Ciascun pensier ch' a memoria riede Del tempo andato , e che ragion mi fiede De' dì perduti , onde non è riparo. Caro m' è sol , perch' anzi morte imparo Quant' ogni uman diletto ha corta fede ; Tristo m'è, ch' a trovar grazia e mercede, Negli ultimi anni , a molte colpe è raro, Che, bench' alle promesse tue s'attenda , Sperar forse , signore , è troppo ardire , Ch' ogni soperchio indugio amor perdoni. Ma pur nel sangue tuo par si comprenda, S'egual per noi non ebbe il tuo martire , Ch' oltre a misura sian tuoi cari doni.
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Confirmed with Michelagnolo Buonarroti, Rime, Parigi : Dondey Duprey, 1821, p.177
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- by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 294 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926) , no title, appears in Michelangelo-Übertragungen ; composed by Richard Sturzenegger.
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Erinnrung ist mir lieb, doch mehr beschweret Sie noch mit Gram das Herz, der Schuld, der frühen, Gedenkend, will zur Rechenschaft sie ziehen Für eine Zeit mich, die nicht wiederkehret; Lieb ist sie mir, weil vor dem Tod sie lehret, Dass alle Erdenfreuden treulos fliehen, Herb, weil vom Himmel Gnad' herabzuziehen Dem schwer gelingt, der sich so spät bekehret. Wie fest wir auch auf die Verheissung bauen, So ist doch jener Glaube Frevelmut, Dass leicht des Zögerns Schuld verzieh'n uns Armen; Und dennoch tut, verspritzt in Todesgrauen, Vom Kreuz herab uns kund dein strömend Blut: So masslos wie dein Schmerz sei dein Erbarmen!
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- by Sophie Hasenclever (1824 - 1892), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 294
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