Madonna poi ch'uccider mi volete (Luca Marenzio)

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(Posted 2018-11-14) CPDL #51977:

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2018-11-14). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 58 kB Copyright: CC BY NC

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Title: Madonna poi ch'uccider mi volete
Composer: Luca Marenzio
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Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1582 in Il terzo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 1
2nd published: 1583 in Harmonia celeste (ed. Andreas Pevernage), Edition 1, no. 28
3rd published: 1589 in Harmonia celeste (ed. Andreas Pevernage), Edition 2, no. 28
4th published: 1594 in Florilegium (ed. Adrian Denss) – arr. for three voices and lute, no. 76
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Madonna poi che uccider mi volete
Non nego di morire,
Ma se con dolci sguardi voi potete
La mia vita finire,
Non e più giusta voglia
Ch'io muoia di dolcezza che di doglia?

English translation

Lady, since you want to kill me
I cannot deny dying;
But if with sweet glances you can
end my life,
is it not a more just desire
that I die of sweetness than of pain?

Translation by Allen Garvin