Dois-je donc mourir | Dois-je donc mourir

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by Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 - 1621)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Dovrò dunque morire?

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE

[Dovrò dunque morire,
a che di nuovo io miri]¹
voi, bramata cagion de miei martiri?
Mio perduto tesoro, 
non [poter]² dirvi, pria ch'io mora: "Io Moro"?
O miseria inaudita, 
non poter dir a voi: "Moro, mia vita".

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• G. Caccini

View original text (without footnotes)
¹ Caccini: "Dovrò dunque morire? / Pria che di nuovo io miri"
² Caccini: "potrò"

Text Authorship:

by Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 - 1621), from Man. Magliabechiano [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 Giulio Caccini (1546 - 1618), "Dovrò dunque morire?", published 1601, from Le nuove musiche, no. 11. [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Sigismondo d'India (1582? - 1629?), "Dovrò dunque morire", 1615, from Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Andrew Huth) , "Must I then die?", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dois-je donc mourir", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 39

Dois‑je donc mourir

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Dois-je donc mourir
avant de vous avoir vue à nouveau,
cause désirée de ma souffrance ?
Mon trésor perdu,
ne puis-je vous dire, avant de mourir : « Je meurs »?
Ô malheur inouï,
de ne pas pouvoir vous dire : « Je meurs, ma vie ».

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 - 1621), from Man. Magliabechiano
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This text was added to the website: 2019-03-08
Line count: 7
Word count: 44