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by Ansaldo Cebà (1565 - 1622)

Lidia spina del mio core
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Lidia spina del mio core
ond'amor mi straccia e punge
di dolcissimo licore
pur talhor la piaga m'unge
e senz'arte o sugo d'herba
il dolor mi disacerba.

Che là dove il cor languisce
molle stende, e candidetta
quella mano onde rapisce
amor l'alme e i cori alletta
e toccando e ritoccando
mi vien dolce il cor sanando.

O che piaga aventurosa
se sì bella e bianca mano
mentre in sen mi si riposa
va sanando il cor pian piano
e soccorre a la ferita
con le perle de le dita.

Ma che prò s'à tal soccorso
I mi sento in un momento
D'altro verme il petto morso
Tocco il cor d'altro tormento
Et in men che non balena
Venir men d'un' altra pena.

Ma se Lidia il cor mi tocca
Si soave ardor mi prende
Che da gli occhi un guardo scocca
E l'ardir tosto riprende
Et in un severo e dolce
Lidia'l cor mi piaga, e molce.

Che se 'l guardo troppo fero
troppo frena i miei desiri
e l'avorio lusinghiero
poco tempra i miei martiri
Lidia mia che dolce sorte
s'en tua man ne vengo a morte.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ansaldo Cebà (1565 - 1622) [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), "Lidia spina del mio core", published 1607 [vocal trio], from Scherzi Musicali a tre voci, no. 15. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-05
Line count: 36
Word count: 190

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