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by Jacopone da Todi (1230 - 1306)

Figlio, l'alma t' è uscita
Language: Italian - Calabrian 
Vergine
Figlio, l'alma t' è uscita,
Figlio de la smarrita.
La luce m'è sparita,
E ' l cuor m'è attossicato .
Oimè, figlio innocente,
O mio sol risplendente,
Passuto all' altra gente,
Qual ti veggio oscurato!
Figlio bianco e vermiglio,
Figlio senza simiglio ;
O Figlio, a chi m' appiglio
Che mi hai, cor mio, lassato ?
O Figlio bianco e biondo,
Figlio, volto giocondo,
Figlio, perchè t' ha el mondo,
Figlio, così sprezzato ?
Figlio dolce, e piacente,
Figlio de la dolente,
O quanto ti ha sta gente
Malamente trattato !

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Jacopone da Todi, La prima lauda del Libro 1. di fra Jacopone da Todi restituita a sana lezione ed illustrata da Bartolomeo Sori, Modena : Eredi Soliani, Tip. Reali, 1858, p.11


Text Authorship:

  • by Jacopone da Todi (1230 - 1306), no title, appears in La prima lauda del libro I, in Il compianto della vergina [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 Xavier Montsalvatge (1912 - 2002), "Pianto della Madonna", 1969, copyright © 1972, first performed 1969 [ soprano, 3 flutes, harp, piano, celesta, percussions and double bass ], from Cinco Invocaciones al Crucificado, no. 2, Hamburg : Peermusic Classical [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2024-08-24
Line count: 21
Word count: 88

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