Dissi a l'amata mia lucida stella (Luca Marenzio)

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General Information

Title: Dissi a l'amata mia lucida stella
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Moscaglia

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1585 (July) in Madrigali a quattro voci, libro primo, no. 2
2nd published: 1585 (September) in Il secondo libro de madrigali a quattro voci (Giovanni Battista Moscaglia), no. 18
3rd published: 1590 in Symphonia angelica, Edition 2, no. 10
4th published: 1593 in Nuova spoglia amorosa (Vincenti, Venice), no. 3
5th published: 1594 in Florilegium (ed. Adrian Denss) – arr. for two voices and lute, no. 61
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Dissi a l'amata mia, lucida stella
Che più d'ogn' altra luce,
Ed al mio cor adduce
Fiamme, strali e catene,
Ch'ogn'hor mi danno pene:
"Deh! morirò, cor mio.
Sì, morirai, ma non per mio desio."

English translation

I told my love, shining star
Who is stronger than any other light,
And to my heart draws
Flames, arrows and chains,
That every hour give me pains:
"Ah, I will die, my heart.
Yes, you will die, but not because of my desire."

German translation

Ich sagte zu meinem geliebten klaren Stern,
daß er mehr als alle anderen leuchte
und meinem Herzen zufüge
Flammen, Strahlen und Ketten,
die mir alle Zeit Qualen bringen.
Ach, ich werde sterben, mein Herz,
auch du wirst sterben, aber nicht für mich, Geliebte.
Translation by Peter Rottländer

Spanish translation

Dije a mi amada y brillante estrella,
que refulge más que ninguna
y que a mi corazón arroja
llamas, saetas y cadenas
causándome penas sin cesar:
"¡Ay, moriré, corazón mio!"
"¡Sí que morirás, pero no por mi deseo!"