Herrin, wenn Ihr mich tötet | Herrin, wenn Ihr mich tötet

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Donna, se m’ancidete

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: GER

Donna, se m’ancidete
la mia vita sarete,
nè sperate già più ch’io chieggi aita.
Se amara è la mia vita, 
dolce sia la mia morte. 
Così, cangiando sorte, 
la mia vita sarete, 
donna, se m’ancidete.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c1561 - 1613), "Donna, se m’ancidete", published 1595 [chorus], madrigal for six voices [
text verified 1 time
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GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Herrin, wenn Ihr mich tötet", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 35

Herrin, wenn Ihr mich tötet

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Herrin, wenn Ihr mich tötet,
dann werdet Ihr mein Leben sein. 
Hofft dabei nicht, dass ich Euch jetzt um Hilfe bitte.
Wenn bitter mir das Leben,
lasst süß den Tod mir sein. 
Und so, mein Los verändernd, 
seid Ihr mein Leben dann, 
wenn Ihr mir gebt den Tod.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 48