Care lagrime mie

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• Giovanni Ghizzolo Soprano solo
• Hans Leo Hassler SATTB
• Luca Marenzio SSAAB

Italian text Care lagrime mie, messi dolenti di mie pene rie, poiché voi non potete far molle, ohime! quel core che non have pietà del mio dolore, almen per cortesia ammorzate l’accesa fiamma mia, o pur crescete tanto ch’io mi sommerga nel mio stesso pianto.

English text Dear tears of mine, sorrowful envoys of my cruel pains, since you cannot—alas!— soften that heart which has no pity for my grief, at least, out of courtesy, snuff out my burning flame, or else flow so intensely that I drown myself in my own tears. Translation by Campelli

German text Meine teuren Tränen, schmerzhafte Boten meiner grausamen Pein, da ihr nicht in der Lage seid, ach, zu erweichen dieses Herz, das kein Mitleid mit meinem Kummer hat, dann erstickt wenigstens aus Gefälligkeit meine brennende Flamme, oder schwellt derart an, dass ich in meinen eigenen Tränen untergehe. Translation by Gerhard Weydt