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by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)

Il Coro delle Malmaritate
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
All'altrui spese, donzelle, imparate,
All'altrui spese imparate, donzelle,
Per non aver a dir piangendo poi:
Triste, malmaritate!
Quant'era me' per noi!
Chiuderci per le celle,
Scavezzarci le chiome,
Mutarci abito e nome,
Vestir nero, bigio o bianco,
Arrandellarci 'l fianco
Di cordigli e di cuoi
Quant'era me per noi!
Quant'era me per noi
Levarci a' mattutini,
Dar mano a' lumicini
Prima che canti il gallo!
Cacciarci in un Bigallo,
Entrare in un Rosano,
Metterci in un Majano,
Al Portico, al Boldrone
Darci, o'in Pian di Mugnone
Farci vestire a Lapo,
O ver ficcare il capo
'N un Monticel di buoi.
Quant'era me' per noi!
Però imparate e pensateci ben ben ben
ben prima,
Ch'e' non vi s'abbia a dir poi: lima, lima.

Text Authorship:

  • by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) [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 Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975), "Il Coro delle Malmaritate", 1933 [chorus a cappella], from Sei Cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti il Giovane [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-17
Line count: 28
Word count: 122

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