Presso un fiume tranquillo

Presso un fiume tranquillo
Disse a Filena Eurillo :
"Quante son queste arene,
Tante son le mie pene !
E quante son quelle onde,
Tante ho per te nel cor piaghe profonde !"

Rispose, d'amor piena,
Ad Eurillo Filena :
"Quante la terro ha foglie
Tante son le mie doglie !
E quante il cielo ha stelle,
Tante ho per te nel cor vive fiammelle !"

Dunque con lieto core
Soggionse indi il pastore :
"Quanti ha l'aria augelletti
Siano i nostri diletti,
E quant'hai tu bellezze,
Tante in noi versi Amor care dolcezze !"

"Si, si",  con voglie accese
L'un e l'altro riprese,
"Facciam, concordi amanti,
Pari le gioie ai pianti,
A le guerre le paci :
Se fur mille i martiri sian mille i baci!"

Translation(s): FRE

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Submitted by Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Giambattista Marino (1569 - 1625) [ 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 Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Presso un fiume tranquillo", published 1614, from Libro VI de madrigali, no. 10, dialogo a 7 concertato [ sung text verified 2 times]

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

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au bord d'un fleuve tranquille", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2008-05-06 00:00:00.
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