E cosí a poco a poco

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.

Translation(s): FRE SPA

List of language codes

Submitted by Alberto Pedrotti

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 [
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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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