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by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)

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 [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):

  • by Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880 - 1968), "Vorrei voler, Signor, quel ch’io non voglio", 1944, published 1945 [ voice and piano ], from Tre liriche, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Sophie Hasenclever (1824 - 1892) , no title ; composed by Theodor Streicher.
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