Sfogava con le stelle

Sfogava con le stelle
un'infermo d'Amore
sotto notturno ciel il suo dolore,
e dicea fisso in loro:
O imagini belle del'idol mio ch'adoro
si com'a me mostrate,
mentre cosi splendete,
la sua rara beltate
cosi mostrast'a lei
i vivi ardori miei
la fareste col vostr'aureo sembiante
pietosa si come me fat'amante.

Translation(s): ENG FRE GER

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Submitted by Sven Wifstrand

Authorship

• sometimes misattributed to Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 - 1621) [ 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 Giulio Caccini (1546 - 1618), "Sfogava con le stelle", published 1601, from Le nuove musiche, no. 9. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Sfogava con le stelle", published 1603 [ vocal quintet], from Libro IV de madrigali, no. 4, madrigal [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Sven Wifstrand) , "One who was lovesick", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Se confiant aux étoiles", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Se confiant aux étoiles

Se confiant aux étoiles,
un malade d'amour,
sous le ciel nocturne, exprimait sa douleur,
et il disait en les regardant :
Ô belles images de l'idole que j'adore,
comme vous me montrez,
quand vous brillez,
sa rare beauté,
de même montrez-lui
mes vives ardeurs.
Vous la ferez avec votre apparence auréolée
compatissante comme vous m'avez fait amoureux.

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• a text in Italian (Italiano) misattributed to Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 - 1621) ENG GER
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Giulio Caccini, Claudio Monteverdi. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2013-02-28 00:00:00.

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