Chapter IX
_Dimmi di grazia, amor, se gli occhi 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 minima 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._
“_Love, be my teacher, of thy courtesy;
The beauty, whither my regards aspire,
Doth it exist? Or is what I admire
Made beautiful by force of fantasy?
Thou, Love, must know, who in her company
Arrivest oft to vex me with desire,
Although I would not choose to quench the fire,
Abate its glow, nor part with any sigh._”
“_The beauty thou hast seen from her did shine,
And meet thy mortal vision; but its ray
Ascended to the soul, a better place;
There seemed she lovely, for a thing divine
Hath joy of its own image; in this way
Came beauty thou beholdest in her face._”
Comments
Log in to leave a comment.
Sonnets and madrigals of Michelangelo BuonarrotiChapter IX
0%1 min left in chapter