V. To Giovanni Da Pistoja. Poem by Michelangelo Buonarroti
V. To Giovanni Da Pistoja.
ON THE PAINTING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL.
I' ho già fatto un gozzo.
I've grown a goitre by dwelling in this den-
As cats from stagnant streams in Lombardy,
Or in what other land they hap to be-
Which drives the belly close beneath the chin:
My beard turns up to heaven; my nape falls in,
Fixed on my spine: my breast-bone visibly
Grows like a harp: a rich embroidery
Bedews my face from brush-drops thick and thin.
My loins into my paunch like levers grind:
My buttock like a crupper bears my weight;
My feet unguided wander to and fro;
In front my skin grows loose and long; behind,
By bending it becomes more taut and strait;
Crosswise I strain me like a Syrian bow:
Whence false and quaint, I know,
Must be the fruit of squinting brain and eye;
For ill can aim the gun that bends awry.
Come then, Giovanni, try
To succour my dead pictures and my fame;
Since foul I fare and painting is my shame.
Michelangelo Buonarroti - Rime 5. I' ho già fatto un gozzo in questo stento I’ ho già fatto un gozzo in questo stento, coma fa l’acqua a’ gatti in Lombardia o ver d’altro paese che si sia, c’a forza ’l ventre appicca sotto ’l mento. La barba al cielo, e la memoria sento5 in sullo scrigno, e ’l petto fo d’arpia, e ’l pennel sopra ’l viso tuttavia mel fa, gocciando, un ricco pavimento. E’ lombi entrati mi son nella peccia, e fo del cul per contrapeso groppa,10 e ’ passi senza gli occhi muovo invano. Dinanzi mi s’allunga la corteccia, e per piegarsi adietro si ragroppa, e tendomi com’arco sorïano. Però fallace e strano15 surge il iudizio che la mente porta, ché mal si tra’ per cerbottana torta. La mia pittura morta difendi orma’, Giovanni, e ’l mio onore, non sendo in loco bon, né io pittore.
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4/26/2024 1:33:01 PM # 1.0.0.1119
Grazie per l'italiano.