Mein Feuer brennt noch in der Eiseskälte

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by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Arder sole’ nel freddo ghiaccio il foco

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE GER

Arder sole’ nel freddo ghiaccio il foco;
or m’è l’ardente foco un freddo ghiaccio,
disciolto, Amor, [quello insolubil laccio]¹,
e morte or m’è, che m’era festa e gioco.
  Quel primo amor che ne diè tempo e loco,
nella strema miseria è greve impaccio
a l’alma stanca...

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• A. Boucourechliev

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¹ Boucourechliev: "quel invisibil lacio"

Text Authorship:

by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, written 1533, appears in Rime, no. 281 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by André Boucourechliev (1925 - 1997), "A l’alma stanca", 1995, published 1998 [ high voice, flute, and piano ], from Trois fragments de Michel-Ange, no. 3, Editions Salabert [sung text checked 1 time]
by Jeanne Leleu (1898 - 1979), "Arder solea dentro il mio ghiaccio il fuoco", 1924, published 1925 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Sonnets de Michel-Ange Buonarroti, no. 5, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Michel Augustin Varcollier (1795 - 1883) , appears in Poésies de Michel-Ange Buonarroti, peintre, sculpteur et architecte florentin, Paris, Éd. Hesse et Cie., first published 1826 ; composed by Jeanne Leleu.
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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pour l'âme lasse", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Mein Feuer brennt noch in der Eiseskälte

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Mein Feuer brennt noch in der Eiseskälte;
doch ist es mir wie Eiseskälte,
Amor, nachdem gelöst ist jetzt das unlösbare Band,
Tod ist mir, was einst Fest und Freude war.
Diese erste Liebe, die einst in Zeit und Raum gewesen -
im größten Elend ist sie eine schwere Last
der müden Seele.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, written 1533, appears in Rime, no. 281
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This text was added to the website: 2015-07-03
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