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Trois fragments de Michel Ange
Translations © by Guy Laffaille
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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Le sommeil m'est cher, et plus encore d'être de pierre, Tant que le préjudice et la honte durent ; ne pas voir, ne pas entendre, me sont une grande fortune ; mais ne me réveille pas, je t'en prie, parle bas.
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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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Amour, ta beauté n'est pas une chose mortelle : aucun visage parmi nous ne peut égaler l'image du cœur que tu enflammes et domines avec un autre feu et émeut avec d'autres ailes.
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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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Mon feu brûle même dans le froid glacial, mais ce feu ardent pour moi n'est qu'un froid glacial, Amour, dissous est le lien insoluble, c'est la mort pour moi ce qui m'était fête et joie. Ce premier amour qui fut jadis le temps et l'espace dans la misère extrême est un lourd fardeau Pour l'âme lasse...
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