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by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)
Translation by Sophie Hasenclever (1824 - 1892)

Vorrei voler, Signor, quel ch’io non...
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
  Vorrei voler, Signor, quel ch’io non voglio:
tra ’l foco e ’l cor di ghiaccia un vel s’asconde
che ’l foco ammorza, onde non corrisponde
la penna all’opre, e fa bugiardo ’l foglio.

  I’ t’amo con la lingua, e poi mi doglio
c’amor non giunge al cor; né so ben onde
apra l’uscio alla grazia che s’infonde
nel cor, che scacci ogni spietato orgoglio.

  Squarcia ’l vel tu, Signor, rompi quel muro
che con la suo durezza ne ritarda
il sol della tuo luce, al mondo spenta!

  Manda ’l preditto lume a noi venturo,
alla tuo bella sposa, acciò ch’io arda
il cor senz’alcun dubbio, e te sol senta.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Michelangelo Buonarroti, Rime, A cura di Enzo Noè Girardi. Bari, Laterza, 1960, page 51.


Text Authorship:

  • by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 87

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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-21
Line count: 14
Word count: 109

Was ich nicht will, o Herr, das möcht' ich wollen
 (Sung text for setting by T. Streicher)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Was nicht ich will, o Herr, das möcht' ich wollen!
Vom heil'gen Brand trennt mich ein Schlei'r von Eis
Und löscht die Glut; nicht passt mein Tun zum Preis
Der Feder; Lügen sind ihr nur entquollen.

Dem Herrn kann mit der Zunge Lob ich zollen,
Von Herzen nicht! Ach, dass ich nicht weiss,
Welch' Tor der Gnade auftun? Ihr Geheiss
Verjagt allein den Stolz, den ränkevollen.

Zerreiss', o Herr, den eisigkalten Schleier;
Die Mauer, hart und starr, wirf sie zusammen,
Sie, die dein Licht verbirgt, die Wehr der Sünde.

Gib deiner schönen Braut dein Himmelsfeuer,
Gib das verheiss'ne Licht, dass ich in Flammen,
Von Zweifeln frei nur einzig dich empfinde.

Composition:

    Set to music by Theodor Streicher (1874 - 1940), "Was ich nicht will, o Herr, das möcht' ich wollen" [ voice and piano ], from Michelangelo. Zwölf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 4

Text Authorship:

  • by Sophie Hasenclever (1824 - 1892), no title

Based on:

  • a text in Italian (Italiano) by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 87
    • Go to the text page.

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Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2024-07-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 111

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