Al battitor di bronzo della sua...

Qvante volte ti bacio ò bronzo amato
nuntio importun di malgraditi amori
c'hanno i miei baci in si cocenti ardori
il segno delle labbra in te lasciato

Quante volte di lagrime bagnato
testimonio ti fò de' miei dolori
Quando escluso e deluso errar di fuori
l'ira mi fà d'un Demone adorato

Quanti la notte el dì teco ritorno
sdegnato à replicar colpi gelosi
con tuo danno altrui riso e nostro scorno

ma tu perdona a gli impeti amorosi
che spero al fin che vendicate vn giorno
vedrò l'ingurie mie ne' tuoi riposi.

Translation(s): FRE

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Submitted by Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Giulio Strozzi (1583 - 1660) [ 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 Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677), "Al battitor di bronzo della sua crudelissima Dama", op. 1 no. 18, published 1644 [vocal duet for tenors and continuo], from Il Primo Libro de Madrigali; a due, tre, quattro, e cinque voce, no. 18, Vincenti, Venice [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Au heurtoir de bronze de sa très cruelle dame", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2009-02-27.
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