Lasso vita mia, mi fa morire (John Dowland)

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• (Posted 2008-06-19)  CPDL #17302:     

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2008-06-19).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 136 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Alto solo, treble & bass viols, and lute tablature (8-course, tenor G tuning)

General Information

Title: Lasso vita mia, mi fa morire
Composer: John Dowland

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: A
Genre: Secular, Lute song

Language: Italian
Instruments: Lute

First published: 1612 in A Pilgrimes Solace, no. 11
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Original text and translations

Italian text Lasso vita mia, mi fa morire, Crudel amor mio cor consume, Da mille ferite, che mi fa morir. Ahi me, deh, che non mi fa morire. Crudel amor mi fa sofrir mille martire.

English translation O my unhappy Life, you are making me die. Cruel love consumes my heart, Inflicts a thousand wounds, which kill me. Woe, alas, do not let me die, Cruel Love makes me suffer a thousand martyrdoms.