by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
E cosí a poco a poco
Language: Italian (Italiano)
E cosí a poco a poco torno farfalla semplicetta al foco, e nel fallace sguardo un'altra volta mi consum'e ardo: Ah, che piaga d'amore quanto si cura piú tanto men sana. Ch'ogni fatica è vana, quando fu punto un giovinetto core dal primo, e dolce strale; chi spegne antico incendio il fa immortale.
Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Rime, no. 104 [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), "E cosí a poco a poco", published 1605 [ vocal quintet], from Libro V de madrigali, no. 18, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Et ainsi peu à peu", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Javier Pablo Sotelo) , title 1: "Y así, poco a poco", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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