by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Shakespeares Sonnet Nr. 66
 (Sung text for setting by H. Eisler)
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Language: English 
Our translations:  ITA
Tired with all these, for restful death I cry,
As, to behold desert a beggar born,
And needy nothing trimm'd in jollity,
And purest faith unhappilly forsworn,
And gilded honour shamefully misplaced,
 ... 
And right perfection wrongfully disgraced,
And strength by limping sway disabled,
And art made tongue-tied by authority,
And folly, doctor-like, controlling skill,
And simple truth miscalled simplicity,
And captive good attending captain ill:
  Tired with all these, for restful death I cry.

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Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the English 
Stanco di tutto questo, quiete mortale invoco,
Vedendo il Merito a mendicare nato,
E vuota Nullità gaiamente agghindata,
E pura Fede miseramente tradita,
Ed i più grandi Onori spartiti oscenamente,
E la casta Virtù fatta prostituta,
E retta Perfezione cadere in disgrazia,
E la Forza avvilita da un potere impotente,
E il Genio creativo per legge imbavagliato,
E Follia dottorale opprimere Saggezza,
E creduta Stupidità la Sincera Franchezza,
E il Bene, del Male condottiero, reso schiavo,
  Stanco di tutto questo,  da ciò vorrei poter fuggire,
   Non fosse che, morendo, lascerei solo il mio amore.

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