Vous me croyez mort. mais pour réconforter le monde

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by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Qui son morto creduto; e per conforto

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: CAT FRE LIT

Qui son morto creduto; e per conforto
del mondo vissi, e con mille alme in seno
di veri amanti: adunche, a venir meno,
per tormen' una sola non son morto.

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by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 190 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Qui vuol mie sorte c'anzi tempo i' dorma", op. 145 no. 11, from Suite on verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti, no. 11
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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Abram Markovich Efros (1888 - 1954) ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , subtitle: "Esu tarytum miręs", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
RUS Russian (Русский) (Abram Markovich Efros)

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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-10
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Vous me croyez mort. mais pour...

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Vous me croyez mort. mais pour réconforter le monde,
je continue à vivre avec des milliers d'âmes ici,
dans le coeur des amis. Non, je ne suis pas parti,
l'immortalité m'a libéré de la mort.

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Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2008 by Guy Laffaille, (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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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 190
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-27
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Word count: 35