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Chiunche nasce a morte arriva
nel fuggir del tempo; e 'l sole
niuna cosa lascia viva.
Manca il dolce e quel che dole
e gl'ingegni e le parole;
e le nostre antiche prole
al sole ombre, al vento un fummo.
Come voi uomini fummo1,
lieti e tristi, come siete;
[e or siàn]2, come vedete,
terra al sol, di vita priva.
Ogni cosa a morte arriva.
Già fur gli occhi nostri interi
con la luce in ogni speco;
or son voti, orrendi e neri,
e ciò porta il tempo seco.
1 sometimes modernized to "fumo"
2 Dallapiccola: "Ed or siam"
Text Authorship:
- by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), appears in Rime, no. 21 [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 Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975), "Chiunche nasce a morte arriva", 1949, from Tre poemi, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Nathan Haskell Dole (1852 - 1935) [an adaptation] ; composed by Joseph Kaufer.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Walter Heinrich Robert-Tornow (1852 - 1895) [an adaptation] ; composed by Hans Erich Pfitzner, Hugo Wolf.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bettina Jakobson ; composed by Josef Schelb.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Tout ce qui est né arrive à la mort", copyright © 2013, (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.
Line count: 16
Word count: 93
Tout ce qui est né arrive à la mort dans le cours du temps ; et le soleil ne laisse vivre aucune chose. S'en vont la douceur et ce qui fait mal, et l'intelligence et la parole ; et nos anciennes lignées, ombres au soleil, fumée au vent. Comme vous nous fûmes des hommes, joyeux et tristes, comme vous êtes ; et maintenant, comme vous le voyez, de la terre au soleil, privés de vie. Toute chose arrive à la mort. Jadis nos yeux étaient entiers avec la lumière dans leurs orbites ; ils sont vides, horribles et noirs, et c'est ce que le temps apporte.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Guy Laffaille, (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), appears in Rime, no. 21
This text was added to the website: 2013-03-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 102