fu da un angelo scolpita
in questo sasso, e perche dorme ha vita;
destala, se nol credi, e parleratti.
-giovanni strozzi (on michelangelo's la notte)
caro m' e 'l sonno, piu l'esser di sasso,
mentre che 'l danno e la vergogna dura;
non veder, non sentir, m' e gran ventura;
pero non mi destar, deh parla basso.
-michelangelo buonarroti's reply
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didn't think i'd translate. then figured nobody spoke italian so it might be prudent, or at least worthwhile, even though the italian is so beautiful.
night in so sweet an attitude beheld asleep,
was by an angel sculptured in this stone;
and sleeping, is alive;
wake her, doubter, she will speak to thee.
-giovanni strozzi
welcome is sleep, more welcome the sleep of stone
whilst crime and shame continue in the land;
my happy fortune, not to see or hear;
waken me not - in mercy, whisper low.
-michelangelo buonarroti
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