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Translation Trashbin - 38. Amor, perche mai forse

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Translation of

Rima N. 83

by Michelangelo Buonarroti

 

Amor, perche mai forse

Non sia la fiamma spenta

Nel freddo tempo dell’ età men verde,

L’arco nouellamente in me ritorse:

E mi saetta ognor ch’ei si rammenta,

Che’n gentil cor giammai colpo non perde.

Amor ne gli anni altrui stagion rinverde

Per un bel volto: or peggio è al sezzo strale

La ripercossa che’l mio primo male.

 

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As for love, perhaps it’s not

A flame yet extinguished in me

Through autumnal times of my not-so verdant life,

For the arc twists back to where it was forgot:

To strike like memory’s lightning every time I see

A gentle heart grip the bolt like a hot knife.

Love toughens most people through strife

Tempered by time: but ‘tis worse still for those like me who wake

Fresh rippling echoes of his original ache.

 

 

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5 minutes ago, JohnnyC said:

Very Beautiful Indeed 

Thank you, JohnnyC! I find Michelangelo particularly difficult to translate. It makes sense such a Manneristic visual artist would write challenging verse as well

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31 minutes ago, Backwoods Boy said:

Sometimes poetry speaks; sometimes it does not.  This one speaks volumes.

Thanks for translating and sharing.

Thank you, Backwoods Boy! Posting this poem today makes me want to get back to Michelangelo's Rime. They have much to say, particularly about men loving men. We're lucky his niece fought hard to get them published -- unaltered -- after the man's death.

Thanks again  

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2 hours ago, Parker Owens said:

How beautiful! But why shouldn’t Buonarroti have been a sculptor of words as well as stone?

Thank you, Parker! My thoughts exactly. I know Michelangelo's Sonnets have been treated a few times in English, but I'm not sure the Rime have. A golden opportunity  

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