Qua si fa elmi di calici e spade
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: CAT FRE LIT
Qua si fa elmi di calici e spade,
e 'l sangue di Cristo si vend' a giumelle,
e croce e spine son lance e rotelle;
e pur da Cristo pazienza cade!
Ma non c'arivi più 'n queste contrade,
chè n'andré 'l sangue suo 'nsin alle stelle,
poscia che a Roma gli vendon la pelle;
e èci d'ogni ben chiuso le strade.
S' i' ebbi ma' voglia a posseder tesauro,
per ciò che qua opera da me è partita,
può quel nel manto che Medusa in Mauro.
Ma se alto in cielo è povertà gradita,
qual fia di nostro stato il gran restauro,
s' un altro segno amorza l'altra vita?
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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 Addington Symonds) , "On Rome in the Pontificate of Julius II", appears in The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English, first published 1878
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , subtitle: "Iš taurių lieja čia kardus ir šalmus", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Aquí, dels calzes se’n fan elms i...
Language: Catalan (Català) after the Italian (Italiano)
Aquí, dels calzes se’n fan elms i espases,
i la sang de Crist es ven a grapats,
la creu i les espines són llances i escuts
i, amb tot, la paciència de Crist s’acaba!
Però ell no hauria de tornar a aquestes contrades
i que la seva sang esquitxés les estrelles,
després que a Roma li venguin la pell
i a tota virtut barrin els camins.
Si mai jo volgués posseir tresors,
ara que aquí ja no hi ha treball per a mi,
el que porta mantell pot fer de mi el que Medusa feia a Mauritània.
Però si a dalt al cel la pobresa és benvinguda,
quin seria el gran restabliment de la nostra condició
si un altre senyal que el de la creu anul·la l’altra vida?
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2016 by Salvador Pila, (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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