Come viver poss'io (Leone Leoni)

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• (Posted 2022-12-31)  CPDL #72102:         

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2022-12-31).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 119 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Come viver poss'io
Composer: Leone Leoni
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1605 in Giardino novo I (Melchior Borchgrevinck), no. 2
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Original text and translations

Italian text Come viver poss’io Senza di voi, dolcissimo ben mio? Non vivo, nò ,che questa non è vita, Ma pena de la morte aspr’infinita, Che fa sentir all’infelice core Un dolente morir che mai non more.

German translation Wie kann ich leben ohne euch, mein süßestes Gut? Ich lebe nicht, nein, denn dies ist kein Leben, sondern Todesqual, bitter und endlos, die das unglückliche Herz spüren lässt ein schmerzhaftes Sterben, das aber noch nicht stirbt. Translation by Gerhard Weydt

English translation How can I live without you, my sweetest love? I don’t live, no, for this is not life, but mortal pain, bitter and endless, which makes the miserable heart feel a doleful dying, but still doesn’t die. Translation by Gerhard Weydt