I burn, but I don’t love you

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by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Translation © by Laura Prichard, Kendree Chen

Ardo sì, ma non t'amo

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Ardo sì, ma non t'amo,
Perfida e dispietata,
Indegnamente amata
Da un sì leale amante.
Ne sarà più che del mio duol ti vante
Perch'ho già sano il core ;
E s'ardo, ardo di sdegno e non d'amore.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• R. de Lassus • C. Monteverdi

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Text Authorship:

by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) [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 Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Ardo sì, ma non t'amo" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Ardo sì, ma non t'amo", published 1587 [ chorus ], from Libro I de madrigali, no. 17, madrigal [sung text checked 1 time]
by Orazio Vecchi (1550 - 1605), "Ardo sì, ma non t'amo" [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Laura Prichard) (Kendree Chen) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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I burn, but I don’t love you

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

I burn, but I don’t love you,
Perfidious and ruthless one,
Undeserving of love
From a loyal lover.
Nor will I feel any more sorrow at your boasting
Because I have already healed my heart;
And if I burn, I burn of hatred and not of love.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-09
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