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Strozzi: La Notte, che tu vedi in sì dolci atti dormir, fu da un angelo scolpita in questo sasso, e perchè dorme ha vita: Destala, se nol credi, e parleratti. Michelangelo: Caro m' è 'l sonno, e più l'esser di sasso, mentre che 'l danno e la vergogna dura: Non veder, non sentir, m' è gran ventura; però non mi destar, deh! parla basso.
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Note: the first stanza is by G. Strozzi; the second stanza is Michelangelo's reply.Text Authorship:
- by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Giovan Battista Strozzi (1504 - 1571) [author's text not yet checked 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), no title, op. 145 no. 9, from Suite on verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti, no. 9, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909) , "Night", appears in Poems and Ballads, Third Series, first published 1889 ; composed by John Reginald Lang-Hyde, Douglas MacDonald Stewart.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Abram Markovich Efros (1888 - 1954) ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nuit", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sophie Hasenclever) , no title, from Michelangelo: Gedichte und Briefe, first published 1907
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , subtitle: "Štai ta naktis, kur miega taip ramiai", 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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Strozzi: La Nit que veus en tan dolça faisó dormir, fou esculpida per un Àngel, d’aquesta pedra, i perquè dorm té vida: desperta-la i, si no t’ho creus, et parlarà. Michelangelo: M’estimo molt el son i sent de pedra encara més, mentre prevalguin la injúria i la vergonya: no veure i no sentir, m’és gran ventura; per això no em despertis, ai! parla fluixet.
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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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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) and by Giovan Battista Strozzi (1504 - 1571)
This text was added to the website: 2016-02-11
Line count: 10
Word count: 64