Sir Peter Pears — Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op.22 - Sonetto XXXII song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op.22 - Sonetto XXXII" by Sir Peter Pears.
Lyrics
S’un casto amor, s’una pietà superna
S’una fortuna infra dua amanti equale
S’un’aspra sorte all’un dell’altro cale
S’un spirto, s’un voler duo cor governa;
S’un’anima in duo corpi è fatta etterna
Ambo levando al cielo e con pari ale;
S’amor c’un colpo e d’un dorato strale
Le viscer di duo petti arda e discerna;
S’amar l’un l’altro, e nessun se medesmo
D’un gusto e d’un diletto, a tal mercede
C’a un fin voglia l’uno e l’altro porre;
Se mille e mille non sarien centesmo
A tal nodo d’amore, a tanta fede;
E sol l’isdegno il può rompere e sciorre
Lyrics translation
S'un chaste love, s'un Pieta superna
S'un fortuna infra Dua lovers equale
If a bitter fate befalls one another cale
S'un spirto, s'un voler duo Cor governa;
If a soul in Duo bodies is made etterna
Both leading to heaven and with equal ale;
S'amor C'un coup e d'un dorato strale
Le viscer by duo petti arda e discerna;
Love one another, and no one else
Of a taste and a delight, at such mercy
There's a fin want both of them to put;
If a thousand and a thousand do not sarien hundredth
To such a knot of love, to such faith;
And only ishdegno can break and break