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]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
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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.
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-26
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Word count: 54
Ich leb' der Sünde, leb' um mir zu sterben, Mein Leben ist nicht mein, von Schuld umstrickt, Gehörts der Sünde. Gott, der gern beglückt, Gab Segen nur, ich selbst gab mir Verderben. Die Freiheit macht' ich, die wir Alle erben Zur Sklavin, Staub zum Götzen, wahnberückt; Zu welcher Schmach hab' ich das [Licht]1 erblickt!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Sämmtliche Gedichte Michelangelo's in Guasti's Text mit deutscher Übersetzung von Sophie Hasenclever, eingeführt durch M. Jordan, Leipzig, Verlag von Alphons Dürr, 1875, page 317.
1 Schelb: "Licht der Welt"Text Authorship:
- 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 [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. 32
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Josef Schelb (1894 - 1977), "Ich leb' der Sünde", op. 5 no. 2 (1917), published 1920 [voice and piano], from Drei Sonette Michelangelos, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Dr. Albert Schelb
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-05
Line count: 7
Word count: 55