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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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{{Text|Italian}}<br>
Quanto ha di dolce Amore.<br>
Perchè sempre io vi baci,<br>
O dolcissime rose,<br>
In voi tutto ripose.<br>
Deh, deh, s'io potessi <br>
ai vostri dolci baci<br>
La mia vita finire,<br>
O che dolce morire!<br>
{{Translation|English}}
''by [[User:Mick Swithinbank|Mick Swithinbank]]<br>
How much sweetness there is in Love!<br>
So that I would constantly kiss you,<br>
sweetest roses,<br>
Love gave you everything.<br>
 
Alas, if only<br>
in the midst of your sweet kisses<br>
I could end my life,<br>
what a sweet death that would be.<br>
 
(Whether my interpretation is correct partly depends on whether my suggested punctuation is.)


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Editor: Carlos Augusto P. Mourão (added 2008-03-31)   Score information: A4, 4 pages   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Edition by Daniel Harmer: "The time signature varies through 4/4, and 4/2. This made it virtually impossible to use with parts. The time signature is now 4/4 throughout.. No other changes were made."

General Information

Title: Quanto ha di dolce amore (Seconda Parte)
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Il Primo Libro di Madrigali - 1594

Description:

External websites: Parts for individual voices and an adaptation for recorders

Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text
Quanto ha di dolce Amore.
Perchè sempre io vi baci,
O dolcissime rose,
In voi tutto ripose.
Deh, deh, s'io potessi
ai vostri dolci baci
La mia vita finire,
O che dolce morire!
English.png English translation by Mick Swithinbank
 How much sweetness there is in Love!
So that I would constantly kiss you,
sweetest roses,
Love gave you everything.

Alas, if only
in the midst of your sweet kisses
I could end my life,
what a sweet death that would be.

(Whether my interpretation is correct partly depends on whether my suggested punctuation is.)

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