La Notte, che tu vedi in sì dolci atti
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: CAT FRE LIT
Strozzi:
La Notte, che tu vedi in sì dolci atti
dormir, fu da un angelo scolpita
in questo sasso, e perchè dorme ha vita:
Destala, se nol credi, e parleratti.
Michelangelo:
Caro m' è 'l sonno, e più l'esser di sasso,
mentre che 'l danno e la vergogna dura:
Non veder, non sentir, m' è gran ventura;
però non mi destar, deh! parla basso.
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Note: the first stanza is by G. Strozzi; the second stanza is Michelangelo's reply.
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nuit", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sophie Hasenclever) , no title, from Michelangelo: Gedichte und Briefe, first published 1907
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , subtitle: "Štai ta naktis, kur miega taip ramiai", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Nuit
Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)
Strozzi:
Quelle nuit, que nous voyons ici dormir,
c'est sûrement un ange qui la sculpta.
Bien qu'en pierre, elle est pourtant vivante,
Réveille-la, elle t'adressera la parole.
Michelangelo:
J'aime le sommeil, et encore plus d'être de pierre,
quand l'ignominie et la destruction règnent tout autour,
c'est un bonheur de ni voir ni entendre,
aussi doucement, l'ami, laisse-moi dormir.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-27
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