English poem
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by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1568–1646)
Non pur d’argento o d’oro, Vinto dal foco, esser po’ piena aspetta Vota d’opra perfetta La forma, che sol fratta il tragge fora: Tal io, col foco ancora D’amor dentro ristoro Il desir voto di beltà infinita, Di costei ch’i’ adoro, Anima e cor della mie fragil vita. Alta donna e gradita In me discende per si brevi spazi, C’a trarla fora, convien mi rompa e strazi.
For silver or for gold, After in fire these have been made to flow, Doth wait the empty mould, That shattered, will the lovely image show; Through passion-ardor, so My vacancy I store With the divine unbounded loveliness Of her whom I adore, The soul and essence of my fragileness, Whose beauty doth inpour, And occupy by passages so strait, That broken I must be to liberate.