Com'arò dunche ardire

Com'arò dunche ardire
senza vo' ma', mio ben, tenermi 'n vita,
s'io non posso al partir chiedervi aita?
Que' singulti e que' pianti, e que' sospiri
che 'l miser core voi accompagnorno,
Madonna, duramente dimostrorno
la mia propinqua morte e' miei martiri.
Ma se ver è che per assenzia mai
mia fedel servitù vadia in oblio,
il cor lasso con voi, che non è mio.

by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) , from Rime, no. 12

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. 4, from Suite, no. 4, also set in Russian

by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906-1975) , no title, op. 145 no. 4 (1974), from Suite, no. 4, also set in Italian

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Derznu l', sokrovishche mojo

Derznu l', sokrovishche mojo,
Sushchestvovat' bez vas, sebe na muku,
Raz glukhi vy k mol'bam smjagchit' razluku?
Unylym serdcem bol'she ne taju
Ni vozglasov, ni vzdokhov, ni rydanij,
Chtob vam javit', madonna, gnjot stradanij
I smert' uzh nedaljokuju moju;
No daby rok potom mojo sluzhen'e
Izgnat' iz vashej pamjati ne mog, –
Ja ostavljaju serdce vam v zalog.

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Note on Transliteration

Singable translation by Abram Efros (1888-1954)

a text in Italian by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) , from Rime, no. 12

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. 4 (1974), from Suite, no. 4, also set in Italian

Date added to the website: 2008-10-02.