| Vivo al peccato, a me morendo vivo
Di Michelangelo Vivo al peccato, a me morendo vivo; vita già mia non son, ma del peccato: mie ben dal ciel, mie mal da me m’è dato, dal mie sciolto voler, di ch’io son privo. Serva mie libertà, mortal mie divo a me s’è fatto. O infelice stato! a che miseria, a che viver son nato! |
Alive to sin, to a dying me alive
By Michelangelo Alive to sin, to a dying me alive; and a life no longer mine, but of vice: the good was heaven sent, the bad of my own device, surrendered was my will, of which I am deprived. Enslaved was my liberty, mortal what derived from me divine. Oh happiness excised! To what misery was I born, to what device! Translation by ©Matilda Colarossi |
Michelangelo Buonarroti- painter, sculptor, architect and poet – is widely regarded as the most famous artist of the Italian Renaissance.
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