by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to
Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Anima dolorosa che vivendo
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): FRE
Anima dolorosa che vivendo
tanto peni e tormenti
quant'odi e parli e pensi e miri e senti,
amor spiri? Che speri? Ancor dimori
in questa viva morte? in quest'inferno
de le tue pene eterno?
Mori, misera, mori!
Che tardi piú? che fai?
Perché, mort'al piacer, vivi al martire?
Perché vivi al morire?
Consuma il duol che ti consuma omai,
di questa morte che par vita uscendo.
Mori, meschina, al tuo morir morendo.
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Âme douloureuse", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Âme douloureuse
Language: French (Français)  after the Italian (Italiano)
Âme douloureuse,
qui vis tant de peines et de tourments,
quand tu entends et parles et penses et regardes et ressens ;
Amour, expires-tu ? Qu'espères-tu ? Demeures-tu encore
dans cette mort vivante ? dans cet enfer
de douleur éternelle ?
Meurs, misérable, meurs !
Pourquoi t'attardes-tu encore ? que fais-tu ?
Pourquoi, morte au plaisir, vis-tu dans le martyre ?
Pourquoi vis-tu pour mourir ?
Brûle le deuil qui te consume maintenant,
de cette mort qui s'en va comme la vie.
Meurs, misérable, mourant de ta mort.
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This text was added to the website: 2013-02-28
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Word count: 88