Dimmi di grazia, amor, se gli occhi i...

Dimmi di grazia, amor, se gli occhi i mei
veggono 'l ver della beltà ch'aspiro,
o s'io l'ho dentro allor che, dov' io miro,
veggio più bello el viso di costei.

Tu 'l de' saper, po' che tu vien con lei
a torm' ogni mie pace, ond' io m'adiro:
Nè vorre' manco un minimo sospiro,
nè men ardente foco chiederei.

La beltà che tu vedi è ben da quella;
ma crescie poi ch'a miglior loco sale,
se per gli occhi mortali all' alma corre.

Quivi si fa divina, onesta e bella,
com' a sè simil vuol cosa immortale:
Questa, e non quella, a gli occhi tuo' precorre.

by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) , from Rime, no. 42

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) , no title, op. 145 no. 3, from Suite, no. 3, also set in Russian

by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906-1975) , no title, op. 145 no. 3 (1974), from Suite, no. 3, also set in Italian

GER German (Sophie Hasenclever)
ENG English (John Addington Symonds)

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