Se'l mie rozzo martello i duri sassi
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: CAT LIT
Se'l mie rozzo martello i duri sassi
forma d'uman aspetto or questo o quello,
dal ministro, ch'el guida iscorgie e tiello,
prendendo il moto, va con gli altrui passi:
Ma quel divin, ch'in ciela alberga e stassi,
altri, e sè più, col proprio andar fa bello;
e se nessun martel senza martello
si può far, da quel vivo ogni altro fassi.
E perchè 'l colpo è di valor più pieno
quant' alza più se stesso alla fucina,
sopra 'l mie, questo al ciel n'è gito a volo.
Onde a me non finito verrà meno,
s' or non gli dà la fabbrica divina
aiuto a farlo, c' al mondo era solo.
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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) , "After the death of Vittoria Colonna: Irreparable loss", 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) (Romain Rolland) , "Rime no. 46", appears in Vie de Michel Ange, first published 1908
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bettina Jacobson) , "Auf Vittoria Colonnas Tod", from Michelangelo: Gedichte und Briefe, first published 1907
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , subtitle: "Kai kietas mano kūjis uolą talžo", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Si el meu rústec martell, a les dures...
Language: Catalan (Català) after the Italian (Italiano)
Si el meu rústec martell, a les dures pedres,
dóna una o altra forma humana,
és el mestre que el té a la mà, el mena i el guia
qui, prenent moviment, va a un altre pas.
Però aquell diví que al cel s’allotja i resideix,
als altres i a ell mateix embelleix;
i si cap martell sense un altre martell
es pot fer, d’aquell vivent es fan tots els altres.
I atès que un cop bat més fort a l’enclusa
quan més alt s’aixeca el martell a la farga,
aquest s’ha enlairat per damunt meu, fins al cel.
Per això, el que no he acabat es malmetrà
a no ser que la farga divina li doni el seu ajut,
puix era l’únic en aquest món.
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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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