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Sonnets de Michel-Ange Buonarroti

by Jeanne Leleu (1898 - 1979)

1. Non ha l'ottimo artista alcun concetto  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
 Non ha l’ottimo artista alcun concetto
c’un marmo solo in sé non circonscriva
col suo superchio, e solo a quello arriva
la man che ubbidisce all’intelletto.
  Il mal ch’io fuggo, e ’l ben ch’io mi prometto,
in te, donna leggiadra, altera e diva,
tal si nasconde; e perch’io più non viva,
contraria ho l’arte al disïato effetto.
  Amor dunque non ha, né tua beltate
o durezza o fortuna o gran disdegno,
del mio mal colpa, o mio destino o sorte;
  se dentro del tuo cor morte e pietate
porti in un tempo, e che ’l mio basso ingegno
non sappia, ardendo, trarne altro che morte.

Text Authorship:

  • by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 151

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1. Tout ce qu'un grand artiste

Language: French (Français) 
Tout ce qu'un grand artiste
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Text Authorship:

  • by Michel Augustin Varcollier (1795 - 1883), no title, appears in Poésies de Michel-Ange Buonarroti, peintre, sculpteur et architecte florentin, Paris, Éd. Hesse et Cie., first published 1826

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  • a text in Italian (Italiano) by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 151
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2. Veggio co' be' vostr' occhi un dolce lume  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
  Veggio co' be' [vostr'occhi]1 un dolce lume
che co' mie ciechi già veder non posso;
porto co' vostri piedi un pondo addosso,
che de' mie zoppi non è già costume.

  Volo con le vostr'ale senza piume;
col [vostro ingegno]2 al ciel sempre son mosso;
dal [vostro arbitrio]3 son pallido e rosso,
freddo al sol, caldo alle più fredde brume.

  Nel voler vostro è sol la voglia mia,
i miei pensier nel vostro cor si fanno,
nel vostro fiato son le mie parole.

  Come luna da sé sol par ch'io sia,
ché gli occhi nostri in ciel veder non sanno
se non quel tanto che n'accende il sole.

Text Authorship:

  • by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 89

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Carl Johengen) , "Sonnet XXX", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (John Addington Symonds) , "To Tommaso de' Cavalieri: Love the light-giver", 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) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sonnet XXX", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Hermann Friedrich Grimm) , "An Tommaso Cavalieri", from Michelangelo: Gedichte und Briefe, first published 1907
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1 Britten: "vostri occhi"
2 Britten: "vostr'ingegno"
3 Britten: "vostr'arbitrio"

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2. Vos beaux yeux me font voir

Language: French (Français) 
Vos beaux yeux me font voir une douce lumière
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Text Authorship:

  • by Michel Augustin Varcollier (1795 - 1883), appears in Poésies de Michel-Ange Buonarroti, peintre, sculpteur et architecte florentin, Paris, Éd. Hesse et Cie., first published 1826

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3. Fuggite, amanti, Amor, fuggite il fuoco  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
  Fuggite, amanti, Amor, fuggite ’l foco;
l’incendio è aspro e la piaga è mortale,
c’oltr’a l’impeto primo più non vale
né forza né ragion né mutar loco.
  Fuggite, or che l’esemplo non è poco
d’un fiero braccio e d’un acuto strale;
leggete in me, qual sarà ’l vostro male,
qual sarà l’impio e dispietato gioco.
  Fuggite, e non tardate, al primo sguardo:
ch’i’ pensa’ d’ogni tempo avere accordo;
or sento, e voi vedete, com’io ardo.

Text Authorship:

  • by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 27

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3. Fuyez, amants, fuyez l'amour

Language: French (Français) 
Fuyez, amants, fuyez l'amour
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Text Authorship:

  • by Michel Augustin Varcollier (1795 - 1883), appears in Poésies de Michel-Ange Buonarroti, peintre, sculpteur et architecte florentin, Paris, Éd. Hesse et Cie., first published 1826

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4. Sovra quel biondo crin di fior contesta

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Sovra quel biodo crin di fior contesta
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Text Authorship:

  • by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), "Sonetto XVII"

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4. Qu'il est doux, le destin de ces fleurs

Language: French (Français) 
Qu'il est doux, le destin de ces fleurs dont ta chevelure est ornée
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Text Authorship:

  • by Michel Augustin Varcollier (1795 - 1883), appears in Poésies de Michel-Ange Buonarroti, peintre, sculpteur et architecte florentin, Paris, Éd. Hesse et Cie., first published 1826

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5. Arder solea dentro il mio ghiaccio il fuoco  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Arder sole’ nel freddo ghiaccio il foco;
or m’è l’ardente foco un freddo ghiaccio,
disciolto, Amor, [quello insolubil laccio]1,
e morte or m’è, che m’era festa e gioco.
  Quel primo amor che ne diè tempo e loco,
nella strema miseria è greve impaccio
a l’alma stanca...

Text Authorship:

  • by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, written 1533, appears in Rime, no. 281

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pour l'âme lasse", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1 Boucourechliev: "quel invisibil lacio"

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5. Ils sont rompus, ces liens

Language: French (Français) 
Ils sont rompus, ces liens
 . . . . . . . . . .

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Text Authorship:

  • by Michel Augustin Varcollier (1795 - 1883), appears in Poésies de Michel-Ange Buonarroti, peintre, sculpteur et architecte florentin, Paris, Éd. Hesse et Cie., first published 1826

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6. Qui intorno fu dove'l mio ben mi tolse

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Qui intorno fu dove'l mio ben mi tolse
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Text Authorship:

  • by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), "Sonetto XX"

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6. C'est ici que mon unique bien

Language: French (Français) 
C'est ici que mon unique bien daigna soumettre à ses lois
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Text Authorship:

  • by Michel Augustin Varcollier (1795 - 1883), appears in Poésies de Michel-Ange Buonarroti, peintre, sculpteur et architecte florentin, Paris, Éd. Hesse et Cie., first published 1826

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