Fece da voi partita (Philippe de Monte)

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(Posted 2023-05-06) CPDL #73713: (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-05-06). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 67 kB Copyright: CC BY NC

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Title: Fece da voi partita
Composer: Philippe de Monte
Lyricist: Orsina Cavaletta
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1592 in Il quintodecimo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (Gardano press, Venice), no. 5
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Fece da voi partita
questa dolente vita,
ma per opra d'Amore
nel vostro petto rimase il mio core,
e s'alcun dice, come avvien, che viva
essendo di cor priva
dite lor ch'a gli amanti è dato in sorte
vivre e morir di doppia vita e morte.

English translation

Separated from you,
this sad life was made;
yet through the work of Love,
my heart remained in your breast,
and if it happens that someone says I live
being of my heart deprived,
tell them that it is given to lovers
to live and die a double life, and death.

Translation by Allen Garvin