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by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)

S’ i’ avessi creduto al primo sguardo
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
S’ i’ avessi creduto al primo sguardo 
     Di quest’ alma fenice al caldo sole 
     Rinnovarmi per foco, come suole 
     Nell’ ultima vecchiezza, ond’ io tutt’ ardo ; 
Qual più veloce cervio o lince o pardo 
     Segue ’l suo bene e fuggie quel che dole, 
     Agli atti, al riso, all’ oneste parole 
     Sarie cors’ anzi, ond’ or son presto e tardo, 
Ma perchè più dolermi, po’ ch’ i’ veggio 
     Negli occhi di quest’ angel lieto e solo 
     Mie pace, mie riposo e mie salute ? 
Forse che prima sarie stato il peggio 
     Vederlo udirlo, s’ or di pari a volo
     Seco m’ impenna a seguir suo virtute.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Michaelangelo Buanarotti, The Sonnets of Michelangelo, London, New York : Smith, Elder, & Co., C. Scribner's Sons,1904


Text Authorship:

  • by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 50 [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):

    [ None yet in the database ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926) , no title, appears in Michelangelo-Übertragungen ; composed by Willy Kehrer.
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