Ite amari sospiri (Luca Marenzio)

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• (Posted 2017-06-13)  CPDL #44956:          (Finale 2014)

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2017-06-13).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 197 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Ite amari sospiri
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1598 in L'ottavo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 7
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Original text and translations

Italian text Ite, amari sospiri, A la bella cagion del morir mio, E dite: O troppo di pietate ignuda, S'havete pur desio, Di lungamente conservarvi cruda, Allentate il rigore, Chè quel meschin si more, E darà tosto fin co'l suo morire, A la durezza vostra, al suo languire.

English translation Go, bitter sighs, to the comely cause of my death and say: «O woman too barren of pity, if it really is your desire to remain cruel for a long time, relax your harshness, for that wretch is dying, and his death will soon put an end to your harshness, to his wallowing in pain». Translation by Campelli