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Qui vuol mie sorte c'anzi tempo i' dorma

Set by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), no title, op. 145 no. 11, from Suite on verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti, no. 11  [sung text not yet checked]

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Qui vuol mie sorte c'anzi tempo i' dorma:
Nè son già morto: e ben c' albergo cangi,
resto in te vivo, c' or mi vedi e piangi;
se l'un nell' altro amante si trasforma.

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Immortalité", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , subtitle: "Lemtis man pasiuntė kiek per ankstyvą miegą", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • RUS Russian (Русский) [singable] (Abram Markovich Efros)

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Qui son morto creduto; e per conforto
del mondo vissi, e con mille alme in seno
di veri amanti: adunche, a venir meno,
per tormen' una sola non son morto.

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Author(s): Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)