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Primo libro dei madrigali a quattro voci

Song Cycle by Luca Marenzio (c1553 - 1599)

?. Ahi dispietata morte, ahi crudel vita!
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
 ... 
Ahi dispietata morte, ahi crudel vita!
L'una m'à posto in doglia,
et mie speranze acerbamente à spente;
l'altra mi tèn qua giú contra mia voglia,
et lei che se n'è gita
seguir non posso, ch'ella nol consente.
Ma pur ogni or presente
nel mezzo del meo cor madonna siede,
et qual è la mia vita, ella sel vede.

Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 2. Rime In morte di Madonna Laura, no. 324

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (A. S. Kline) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti
Total word count: 59
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