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Non è di gentil core
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Non è di gentil core chi non arde d'amore. Ma voi, che del mio cor l'anima sete, e nel foco d'amor lieta vivete, sete di gentil core, perché ardete d'amore.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Sigismondo d'India (1582? - 1629?), "Non è di gentil core", 1615, from Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali, no. 20. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Non è di gentil core chi non arde", published 1619 [chorus], from Libro VII de madrigali, no. 2, madrigal [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (unknown or anonymous translator) , "His heart is not refined"
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 30
His heart is not refined
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
His heart is not refined who does not burn with love. But you, who are the soul of my heart, and in love's fire happily live, your heart is indeed refined, because you burn with love.
Note: the translators, who wish to remain anonymous, have indicated that this is to be regarded as a public-domain translation.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English by unknown or anonymous translator
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Fabrizio degl'Atti
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 36