Non sono in queste rive (Claudio Monteverdi)

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(Posted 2022-03-13) CPDL #68376:

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2022-03-13). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 76 kB Copyright: CC BY NC

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(Posted 2014-04-22) CPDL #31745:

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(Posted 2011-02-26) CPDL #23196: (MuP)

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Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: m38, alto, both Gs should be sharp?

General Information

Title: Non sono in queste rive
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso

Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1590 in Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (Claudio Monteverdi), no. 7
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Non sono in queste rive
fiori così vermigli
come le labbra de la donna mia,
né 'l suon de l'aure estive
tra fonti e rose e gigli
fa del suo canto più dolce armonia.
Canto che m'ardi e piaci,
t'interrompano solo i nostri baci!

English translation

There are upon these shores
no flowers as red
as my mistress’ lips,
nor does the sound of summer winds
amidst fountains, roses, and lilies
produce sweeter harmonies than her singing.
Song that inflames and pleases me,
may our kisses alone interrupt you.

Translation by Campelli

French translation

Il n’y a sur ces rives
de fleurs aussi vermeilles
que les lèvres de mon amoureuse.
Ni le son de vents d'été
entre fontaines, roses et lis
produit harmonie plus douce que son chant.
Chant, tu qui m’avives et me plais,
rien ne t’interrompt, sauf nos baisers.