Dal ciel discesce, e col mortal suo,...

Dal ciel discesce, e col mortal suo, poi
che visto ebbe l'inferno giusto e 'l pio,
ritornò vivo a còntemplare Dio,
per dar di tutto il vero lume a noi:

Lucente stella, che co' raggi suoi
fe chiaro, a torto, el nido ove naqqu' io;
nè sare 'l premio tutto 'l mondo rio:
Tu sol, che la creasti, esser quel puoi.

Di Dante dico, che mal conosciute
fur l'opre suo da quel popolo ingrato,
che solo a' iusti manca di salute.

Fuss' io pur lui! C'a tal fortuna nato,
per l'aspro esilio suo, son la virtute,
dare' del mondo il più felice stato.

by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) , from Rime, no. 248

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. 6, from Suite, no. 6, also set in Russian

by John Mitchell (1941-) , "From heaven his spirit came", op. 72 no. 1 (1989), from Six Sonnets by Michelangelo, no. 1.

by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906-1975) , no title, op. 145 no. 6 (1974), from Suite, no. 6, also set in Italian

GER German (Bettina Jacobson)

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Spustivshis' s neba, v tlennoj ploti,...

Spustivshis' s neba, v tlennoj ploti, on
Uvidel ad, obitel' iskuplen'ja,
I zhiv predstal dlja bozh'ja licezren'ja,
I nam povedal vse, chem umudren.

Luchistaja zvezda, ch'im ozaren
Sijan'em kraj, mne dannyj dlja rozhden'ja, -
Jej ne ot mira zhdat' voznagrazhden'ja,
No ot tebja, kem mir byl sotvoren.

Ja govorju o Dante: ne nuzhny
Ozloblennoj tolpe jego sozdan'ja, -
Ved' dlja neje i vysshij genij mal.

Bud' ja, kak on! O, bud' mne suzhdeny
Jego dela i skorb' jego izgnan'ja, -
Ja b luchshej doli v mire ne zhelal!

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Note on Transliteration

by Abram Efros (1888-1954)

a text in Italian by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) , from Rime, no. 248 ENG GER

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. 6 (1974), from Suite, no. 6, also set in Italian

Date added to the website: 2008-10-03.