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O come [se']1 gentile, caro augellino! O quanto è il mio stato amoroso al tuo simìle! [Tu prigion, io prigion]2; tu canti, io canto; tu canti per colei che t'ha legato, ed io canto per lei. Ma in questo è differente la mia sorte dolente: che giova pur a te l'esser canoro; vivi cantando, ed io cantando moro.
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View text without footnotes1 Monteverdi: "sei"
2 Monteverdi: "Io prigion, tu prigion"
Text Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), "Avventuroso augello", appears in Rime, no. 52, first published 1598 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "O come sei gentile, caro augellino", published 1619 [ chorus ], from Libro VII de madrigali, no. 4, madrigal
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, adapted by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title ; composed by John Danyel.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Oh, how gentle you are", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wie sanft du bist", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-03-26
Line count: 10
Word count: 60
Oh, comme tu es aimable, cher petit oiseau ! Oh comme mon état d'amoureux ressemble au tien ! Tu es prisonnier, je suis prisonnier ; tu chantes, je chante ; tu chantes pour celle qui t'a lié à elle, et je chante pour elle. Mais il y a une différence dans mon sort douloureux : Ça t'est bénéfique de chanter, tu vis en chantant, je meurs en chantant.
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Translations of title(s):
"Avventuroso augello" = "L'oiseau heureux"
"O come sei gentile, caro augellino" = "Oh, comme tu es aimable, cher petit oiseau"
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 Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), "Avventuroso augello", appears in Rime, no. 52, first published 1598
This text was added to the website: 2019-02-07
Line count: 10
Word count: 63