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.Text Authorship:
- by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Giovan Battista Strozzi (1504 - 1571) [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), "La Notte, che tu vedi in sì dolci atti", op. 145 no. 9, from Suite on verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti, no. 9, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909) , "Night", appears in Poems and Ballads, Third Series, first published 1889 ; composed by John Reginald Lang-Hyde, Douglas MacDonald Stewart.
- 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
- 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
Researcher for this page: Caroline Diehl
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Dzhovanni Stroczci na ,,Noch``` Buonarroto: Vot e`ta Noch`, chto tak spokojno spit Pered toboyu, - Angela sozdan`e. Ona iz kamnya, no v nej est` dy'xan`e: Lish` razbudi, - ona zagovorit. Otvet Buonarroto: Mne sladko spat`, a pushhe - kamnem by't`, Kogda krugom pozor i prestuplen`e: Ne chuvstvovat`, ne videt` - oblegchen`e, Umolkni zh, drug, k chemu menya budit`?`
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Abram Markovich Efros (1888 - 1954) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) and by Giovan Battista Strozzi (1504 - 1571)
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), "Вот эта Ночь, что так спокойно спит", op. 145 no. 9 (1974), from Suite on verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti, no. 9, also set in Italian (Italiano) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-10-03
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Word count: 54