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Si dolce è'l tormento Ch'in seno mi sta, Ch'io vivo contento Per cruda beltà. Nel ciel di bellezza S'accreschi fierezza Et manchi pietà: Che sempre qual scoglio All'onda d'orgoglio Mia fede sarà. La speme fallace Rivolgam' il piè. Diletto ne pace Non scendano a me. E l'empia ch'adoro Mi nieghi ristoro Di buona mercè: Tra doglia infinita, Tra speme tradita Vivrà la mia fè. Per foco e per gelo Riposo non hò. Nel porto del Cielo Riposo haverò. Se colpo mortale Con rigido strale Il cor m'impiagò, Cangiando mia sorte Col dardo di morte Il cor sanerò. Se fiamma d'amore Già mai non sentì Quel riggido core Ch'il cor mi rapì, Se nega pietate La cruda beltate Che l'alma invaghì: Ben fia che dolente, Pentita e languente Sospirimi un dì.
Text Authorship:
- by Carlo Milanuzzi (c1590 - c1647) [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), "Sì dolce è'l tormento", published 1624 [voice, accordion, cornet, horn, trombone, and theorbo], from Quarto scherzo delle ariose vaghezze, Venice [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Robert Garrigós) , "Tant dolç és el turment", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Geart van der Meer) , "Zo zoet is de kwelling", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Si doux est le tourment", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRI Frisian (Geart van der Meer) , "Sa swiet is de pine", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "So süß ist die Qual", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 40
Word count: 130
Si doux est le tourment Qui est dans mon cœur, Que je vis content Pour une beauté cruelle. Dans le ciel de la beauté La fierté croît Et la pitié manque : Toujours comme un roc Face à l'onde d'orgueil Ma foi sera. L'espoir déçu S'éloigne de moi. Le délice et la paix Ne viennent pas à moi. Et la cruelle que j'adore Me refuse le réconfort D'une douce pitié : À travers la douleur infinie, À travers l'espoir trahi Ma foi vivra. Par le feu, par le gel Je n'ai pas de repos. Dans le port du ciel J'aurai un havre. Si le coup mortel D'une flèche inflexible Perce mon cœur, En changeant mon sort Avec le dard de la mort Je soignerai mon cœur. Si la flamme de l'amour N'a jamais été ressentie Par ce cœur rigide Qui a volé mon cœur, Si la pitié est refusée Par la cruelle beauté Qui a charmé mon âme, Qu'avec souffrance, Repentante et languissante Elle soupire pour moi un jour.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2019 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Carlo Milanuzzi (c1590 - c1647)
This text was added to the website: 2019-02-05
Line count: 40
Word count: 167