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Since I left you, mine eye is in my mind; And that which governs me to go about Doth part his function and is partly blind, Seems seeing, but effectually is out; For it no form delivers to the heart Of bird of flower, or shape, which it doth latch: Of his quick objects hath the mind no part, Nor his own vision holds what it doth catch: For if it see the rudest or gentlest sight, The most sweet favour or deformed'st creature, The mountain or the sea, the day or night, The crow or dove, it shapes them to your feature: Incapable of more, replete with you, My most true mind thus makes mine eye untrue.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 113 [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 Scott Gendel (b. 1977), "Since I left you", 2006 [ tenor, violin, guitar, and harp ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Piet Ketting (1904 - 1984), "Since I left you", 1938 [ voice and piano ], from Three Sonnets of Shakespeare, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Simpson (1820 - 1876), "Sonnet CXIII", 1866 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 113, first published 1857
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 118
Da quando ti ho lasciato vedo con la mente; e ciò che in ogni mio percorso mi guida per una parte è cieco per un’altra vede, e tuttavia la parte cieca sembra che veda; ma in realtà non trasmette alcuna forma al cuore né di uccello o di fiore o di ogni altra figura. Tutte queste visioni restano straniere e la mente non ne trattiene nessuna. Perché sia che essa veda cosa rozza o gentile, la più graziosa o la più deforme creatura, il giorno o la notte, la montagna o il mare, il corvo o la colomba, li vede a tua misura. E altro non può contenere che la tua figura rendendo falso il mio occhio e la mente sincera.
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Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 113
This text was added to the website: 2025-07-16
Line count: 14
Word count: 121