by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)
Translation by Sophie Hasenclever (1824 - 1892)
Sonetto XXXII
Language: Italian (Italiano)
S'un casto amor, s'una pietà superna, S'una fortuna infra dua amanti equale, S'un'aspra sorte all'un dell'altro cale, S'un spirto, s'un voler duo cor governa; S'un'anima in duo corpi è fatta etterna, Ambo levando al cielo e con pari ale; S'amor c'un colpo e d'un dorato strale Le viscer di duo petti arda e discerna; S'amar l'un l'altro, e nessun se medesmo, D'un gusto e d'un diletto, a tal mercede, C'a un fin voglia l'uno e l'altro porre; Se mille e mille non sarien centesmo A tal nodo d'amore, a tanta fede; E sol l'isdegno il può rompere e sciorre.
Text Authorship:
- by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), appears in Rime, no. 59 [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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Sonetto XXXII", op. 22 no. 6 (1940), published 1943 [ voice and piano ], from Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Carl Johengen) , "Sonnet XXXII", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (John Addington Symonds) , "Love's expostulation", 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 XXXII", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sophie Hasenclever) , "An Tommaso Cavalieri", from Michelangelo: Gedichte und Briefe, first published 1907
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Sonetas XXXII", 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
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 99
An Tommaso Cavalieri
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)
Wenn in zwei Liebenden des Schicksals Walten, Wenn keusche Lieb' sich gleich und Frömmigkeit, Wenn einer weinet bei des andern Leid, Ein Will' und Geist in beiden Herzen schalten; Wenn eine Seele lebt in zwei Gestalten, Verklärt in beiden, sie zu gleicher Zeit Mit einem Flügel trägt zur Seligkeit, Ein goldner Pfeil zwei Busen hat gespalten; Wenn beide füreinander liebend brennen, Doch keiner selbst sich liebt, wenn jeder täglich Zum höchsten Ziel den andern will begeistern, Und wenn dies schwacher Abglanz nur zu nennen Von uns'rer Liebe, sag mir, ist's dann möglich, Dass Groll das Band löst zwischen solchen Geistern?
Text Authorship:
- by Sophie Hasenclever (1824 - 1892), "An Tommaso Cavalieri", from Michelangelo: Gedichte und Briefe, first published 1907 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), appears in Rime, no. 59
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-14
Line count: 14
Word count: 100