Se taccio, il duol s'avanza (Carlo Gesualdo)

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• (Posted 2014-12-28)  CPDL #33907: 

Editor: Christos Christodoulou (submitted 2014-12-28).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 45 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• CPDL #30847: 

Editor: Fernando Gómez Jácome (submitted 2013-12-27).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 63 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Finale, SATTB

• CPDL #30830: 

Editor: Christopher Boveroux (submitted 2013-12-23).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 893 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Musescore, SATTB realization

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Title: Se taccio, il duol s’avanza
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1594

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Original text and translations

Italian text

Se taccio, il duol s’avanza,
se parlo, accresce l’ira,
donna bella e crudel che mi martira.
Ma pur prendo speranza,
che l’umiltà vi pieghi,
chè nel silenzio ancor son voci e prieghi.

English translation

If I am silent, the grief advances
If I speak, I increase the anger
of my beautiful and cruel lady who torments me.
And yet I take hope
that you will yield to my humility
that in my silence even are my voice and prayers.

Alternate version:
If I am silent, the woe cometh,
if I speak, the anger increases,
a beautiful woman and cruel torments me.
But while I take hope,
that humility will bend,
In silence even are voices and prayers.