Ardo per te, mio bene (Carlo Gesualdo)

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• CPDL #05360: 

Editor: Vincent Carpentier (submitted 2003-07-28).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 380 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: revised May 28, 2004.

General Information

Title: Ardo per te, mio bene
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Il Sesto Libro di Madrigali - 1613

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• Facsimile: Partitvra delli sei libri de’ Madrigali a cinqve voci — Madrigals Books I – VI (Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni, 1613) – large download, 70 MB, 492pp

Original text and translations

Italian text Ardo per te, mio bene, ma l’ardore Spira dolce aura al core Moro per te, mia vita, ma il morire Gioia divien, dolcissimo il languire. Felice sorte ancor ch’io arda e moia: L’ardor divien dolce aura, e 'l morir gioia.

English translation I burn for you, my love, but my ardour Wafts sweet breezes on my heart I die for you, my life, but my dying Becomes a joy, most sweet the languishing. Happy fate, to burn and to die: Burning becomes a soft breeze and dying a joy.