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Dimmi di grazia, amor, se gli occhi i mei veggono 'l ver della beltà ch'aspiro, o s'io l'ho dentro allor che, dov' io miro, veggio più bello el viso di costei. Tu 'l de' saper, po' che tu vien con lei a torm' ogni mie pace, ond' io m'adiro: Nè vorre' manco un minimo sospiro, nè men ardente foco chiederei. La beltà che tu vedi è ben da quella; ma crescie poi ch'a miglior loco sale, se per gli occhi mortali all' alma corre. Quivi si fa divina, onesta e bella, com' a sè simil vuol cosa immortale: Questa, e non quella, a gli occhi tuo' precorre.
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Text Authorship:
- by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), appears in Rime, no. 42 [author's text not yet checked 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 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Dimmi di grazia, amor, se gli occhi i mei", op. 145 no. 3, from Suite on verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti, no. 3, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926) , no title, appears in Michelangelo-Übertragungen ; composed by Anton Schoendlinger.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Abram Markovich Efros (1888 - 1954) ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (John Addington Symonds) , "A dialogue with Love", 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) (Ernest Lafond) (Edmond Lafond) , "Rime no. 42", appears in Dante, Pétrarque, Michel-Ange, Tasse, Sonnets choisis, first published 1848
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sophie Hasenclever) , no title, from Michelangelo: Gedichte und Briefe, first published 1907
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , subtitle: "Sakyk man, meile, negi iš tiesų", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- „Sakyk man, meile, negi iš tiesų Lauktasis grožis mano žvilgsniui švyti, Ar tik manoji kurianti svaja Atsitiktinį veidą garbinimui pasirinko? Ar tau to nežinot? Su juo gi susitarus Manuosius atėmei sapnus. Na ir tegul! Kiekvieną atdūsį tegaudo lūpos Ir siela užlieta ugnim, kurios neužgesint.“ - „Tu grožį tikrąjį regi, Ir jo švytėjimas vis augdamas liepsnoja, Kai žvilgsnio pakylėtas sielon skverbias; Įgyja ten jis dievišką tyrumą, Tarytum nemirtingasis kūrėjas, - Todėl ir tavo žvilgsnį jis pavergia.“
Subtitle: "Sakyk man, meile, negi iš tiesų"
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) copyright © 2023 by Giedrius Prunskus, (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. 42
This text was added to the website: 2023-01-20
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Word count: 74