Voglio di vita uscir
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Voglio di vita uscir, voglio che cadano
Quest'ossa in polve e queste membra in cenere,
E che i singulti miei tra l'ombre vadano,
Già che quel piè ch'ingemma l'herbe tenere
Sempre fugge da me, ne lo trattengono
I lacci, ohimè, del bel fanciul di Venere.
[Miei sensi del sepolcro all' orlo vengono,
E dalla vita quasi s' accongedano
Poi ch'un sol pegno di mercè non tengono.]1
Vo che gl'abissi il mio cordoglio vedano,
E l'aspro mio martir le furie piangano,
E che i dannati al mio tormento cedano.
A Dio crudel, [gli orgogli]2 tuoi rimangano
A [crudelir con altri]3. A te rinuncio,
Né vo' più che mie speme in te si frangano.
S'apre la tomba, il mio morir t'annuncio.
Una lagrima spargi, et alfin donami
[Di tua tarda pietade un solo nuncio,]4
E s'amando t'offesi, homai perdonami.
Translation(s): ENG FRE
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1 omitted by Monteverdi.
2 Monteverdi: "gl'orgogli"
3 Monteverdi: "incrudelir con gl'altri"
4 omitted by Ferrari
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable): - ENG English (Elizabeth Baber) , "I want to depart this life", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Je veux quitter la vie", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Je veux quitter la vie
Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)
Je veux quitter la vie, je veux que tombent
En poussière ces os et ces membres en cendres,
Et que mes sanglots aillent à travers les ombres,
Alors le pied qui embellit l'herbe tendre
Toujours me fuit et je ne retiens pas
Les liens, hélas, de la belle création de Vénus.
Mes esprits viennent au bord du sépulcre,
Et de la vie je me sépare presque,
Puisque je ne reçois aucun gage de miséricorde.
Je veux que les abîmes voient mon chagrin,
Et que les Furies pleurent mon amer martyre
Et que les damnés cèdent à mon tourment.
Adieu cruelle, et que ton orgueil reste
Pour torturer les autres. Je renonce à toi,
Je ne veux plus que mes espoirs se brisent sur toi.
La tombe s'ouvre, je t'annonce ma mort.
Verse une larme, et enfin donne-moi
Un seul signe de pitié tardive,
Et si mon amour t'a offensé, maintenant pardonne-moi.
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