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Drei Fragmente des Michelangelo
Translations © by Bertram Kottmann
Song Cycle by André Boucourechliev (1925 - 1997)
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Caro m’è ’l sonno, e più l’esser di sasso, mentre che ’l danno e la vergogna dura; non veder, non sentir m’è gran ventura; però non mi destar, deh, parla basso.
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- by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, written 1507-30, appears in Rime, no. 247
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Teuer ist mir der Schlaf und mehr noch, Stein zu sein, solange Vorurteil und Schande währen; nicht sehen und nicht hören sind mir großes Glück; doch weck’ mich nicht, bitt’ ich, sprich leise.
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Amor, la tuo beltà non è mortale: nessun volto fra noi è che pareggi l’immagine del cor, che ’nfiammi e reggi con altro foco e muovi con altr’ale.
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- by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, written 1533, appears in Rime, no. 49
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Amor, deine Schönheit ist unsterblich: kein Antlitz unter uns, das dem Bild des Herzens gleichkommt, das du entflammst, mit weiterem Feuer erhältst und anderen Flügeln bewegst.
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Arder sole’ nel freddo ghiaccio il foco; or m’è l’ardente foco un freddo ghiaccio, disciolto, Amor, quel invisibil lacio, 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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- by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, written 1533, appears in Rime, no. 281
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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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