DAGLI ALTI MONTI ... | HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS ... |
Michelangelo | tr. Leonard Cottrell |
Dagli alti monti e d’una gran ruina, ascoso e circonscritto d’un gran sasso, discesi a discoprirmi in questo basso, contr’a mie voglia, in tal lapedicina. |
High in the mountains by a deep ravine inside my massive block, enclosed, alone - but then brought down and stripped, I now am seen against my will and destitute of stone. |
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Trans. Copyright © Leonard Cottrell 1999