Tu m'uccidi, o crudele (Carlo Gesualdo)
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General Information
Title: Tu m'uccidi, o crudele
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1613
Description: Book 5 Madrigals, No. 15
External website(s):
- Facsimile: Partitvra delli sei libri de’ Madrigali a cinqve voci — Madrigals Books I – VI (Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni, 1613) – large download, 70 MB, 492pp
Original text and translations
Italian text
Tu m'uccidi, o crudele,
D'Amor empia homicida,
E vuoi ch'io taccia e'l mio morir non grida?
Ahi, non si può tacer l'aspro martire
Che va innanzi al morire,
Ond'io ne vo gridando:
'Oimè, ch'io moro amando!'
English translation
by Mick Swithinbank
You are killing me, cruel lady,
Heartless murderer of love,
And you expect me to remain silent
And not to cry out that I am dying?
No, it is impossible to say nothing of the cruel torment
Which comes before death
And which compels me to cry out:
“Alas, I die loving.”
