by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)
Vivo al peccato, a me morendo vivo
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Vivo al peccato, a me morendo vivo; vita già mia non son, ma del peccato: mie ben dal ciel, mie mal da me m'è dato, dal mie sciolto voler, di ch'io son privo. Serva mie libertà, mortal mie divo a me s'è fatto. O infelice stato! a che miseria, a che viver son nato!
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Text Authorship:
- by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), appears in Rime, no. 32 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Sophie Hasenclever (1824 - 1892) , no title, appears in Sämmtliche Gedichte Michelangelo's in Guasti's Text, in 3. Sonette, no. 90, first published 1875 ; composed by Josef Schelb.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Heinrich Nelson ; composed by Theodor Streicher.
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