Tu sa, ch'io so, signor mie, che tu sai
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Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG FRE LIT SPA
Tu sa, ch'io so, signor mie, che tu sai
Ch'i vengo per goderti più da presso;
E sai ch'i' so, che tu sa' c'i' son desso:
A che più indugio a salutarci omai?
Se vera è la speranza che mi dai,
Se vero è 'l gran desio che m'è concesso,
Rompasi il mur fra l'uno e l'altro messo;
Chè doppia forza hann' i celati guai.
S'i' amo sol di te, signor mie caro,
Quel che di te più ami, non ti sdegni;
Che l'un dell'altro spirto s'innamora,
Quel che nel tuo bel volto bramo e 'mparo,
E mal compres' è degli umani ingegni,
Chi 'l vuol saper, convien che prima mora.
Composition:
Set to music by Kaikhosru Sorabji (1892 - 1988), "Tu sa, ch'io so, signor mie, che tu sai", KSS 36 no. 1 (1923), published 2005, first performed 1980 [ voice and orchestra ], from Cinque sonetti di Michelagniolo Buonarroti, no. 1, Bath: The Sorabji Archive, critical edition
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Carl Johengen) , "Sonnet LV", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (John Addington Symonds) , "Love's entreaty", appears in The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English, first published 1878
- ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , "You know that I know, my lord, that you know", written 2002, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sonnet LV", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- 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
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Line count: 14
Word count: 115
Language: French (Français)  after the Italian (Italiano)
Tu sais que je sais, mon seigneur, que tu sais
Que je suis venu plus près pour te réjouir.
Et tu sais que je sais que tu sais que je suis constant.
Pourquoi alors hésité-je plus à te saluer ?
Si l'espoir que tu me donnes est vrai,
Si le grand désir qui m'est accordé est vrai,
Que le mur entre l'un et l'autre soit brisé ;
Car les chagrins secrets ont double force.
Si j'aime seulement en toi, mon bien-aimé,
Ce que tu aimes le plus, ne te fâche pas ;
Car l'esprit de l'un est ainsi amoureux de l'autre.
Ce que je cherche à saisir dans ton beau visage,
Est mal compris par l'humanité,
Et celui qui veut le voir doit d'abord mourir.
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