Poss'io morir (Jacques Arcadelt)
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- CPDL #21816: Finale 2010
- Editor: Walker Boyle (submitted 2010-06-17). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 87 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Transcribed from the 1581 Gardane edition of "Il primo libro de' madrigali a 4 voci.
General Information
Title: Poss'io morir
Composer: Jacques Arcadelt
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Il primo libro de' madrigali a 4 voci, 1539
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Possa io morir di mala morte
s'io non ve amo et non ve adoro
quanto si può te amar, ben colto alloro;
E chi volete voi,
terrestre iddio, ch'adori et ch'io ami
s'io non amo et adoro i vostri rami?
English translation
May I die a miserable death
if I do not love you and adore you
insomuch as one can love you, well-tended laurel;
And who else, terrestrial god,
would you ever want me to adore and love,
if not to love and adore your branches?