by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)
S’ i’ avessi creduto al primo sguardo
Language: Italian (Italiano)
S’ i’ avessi creduto al primo sguardo Di quest’ alma fenice al caldo sole Rinnovarmi per foco, come suole Nell’ ultima vecchiezza, ond’ io tutt’ ardo ; Qual più veloce cervio o lince o pardo Segue ’l suo bene e fuggie quel che dole, Agli atti, al riso, all’ oneste parole Sarie cors’ anzi, ond’ or son presto e tardo, Ma perchè più dolermi, po’ ch’ i’ veggio Negli occhi di quest’ angel lieto e solo Mie pace, mie riposo e mie salute ? Forse che prima sarie stato il peggio Vederlo udirlo, s’ or di pari a volo Seco m’ impenna a seguir suo virtute.
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Confirmed with Michaelangelo Buanarotti, The Sonnets of Michelangelo, London, New York : Smith, Elder, & Co., C. Scribner's Sons,1904
Authorship:
- by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 50 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926) , no title, appears in Michelangelo-Übertragungen ; composed by Willy Kehrer.
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