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Ins Joch beug' ich den Nacken demuthvoll, Beug' lächelnd vor dem Mißgeschick dies Haupt, Dies Herz das liebt und glaubt, Vor meiner Feindin. Wider diese Qual Bäum' ich mich nicht mit Groll, Mir bangt viel mehr, sie lindre sich einmal. Wenn deines Auges Strahl Dies Leid verwandelt hat in Lebenssaft, Welch Leid hat dann zu töten mich die Kraft?
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Confirmed with Sämmtliche Gedichte Michelangelo's in Guasti's Text, mit deutscher Übersetzung von Sophie Hasenclever, Leipzig: Verlag von Alphons Dürr, MDCCCLXXV (1885), page 71.
Text Authorship:
- by Sophie Hasenclever (1824 - 1892), no title, appears in Sämmtliche Gedichte Michelangelo's in Guasti's Text, in 2. Madrigale, no. 33 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), appears in Rime, no. 138
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Madrigal", op. 31 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier) no. 1 (1917) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Madrigal", op. 15 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 (1886) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Madrigal", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-10-19
Line count: 9
Word count: 59
Into the yoke I humbly bow my neck, Bow this my head smilingly before my misfortune, [Bow] this my heart that loves and has faith Before my enemy. Against this agony I do not rebel with rancour, Rather, I am afraid that it will once Be assuaged when the beam of your eyes Has transformed this suffering into my lifeblood, What suffering then has the power to kill me?
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Translation of title "Madrigal" = "Madrigal"
Note for line 4: In the German text, the enemy is feminine.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Sophie Hasenclever (1824 - 1892), no title, appears in Sämmtliche Gedichte Michelangelo's in Guasti's Text, in 2. Madrigale, no. 33
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), appears in Rime, no. 138
This text was added to the website: 2013-02-25
Line count: 9
Word count: 69