Baci soavi e cari, cibi della mia vita c'hor m'inviolate or mi rendete il core. Per voi convien ch'impari come un'alma rapita non sente il duol di mort'e pur si more.
Baci soavi e cari
Set by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Baci soavi e cari" [ chorus ], from Libro I de madrigali, no. 5, madrigal [Sung Text]
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
Translations available : GER
Text Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Süße und teure Küsse", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Quant'ha di dolce amore, perché sempr'io vi baci, o dolcissime rose, in voi tutto ripose; deh, deh s'io potessi ai vostri dolci baci la mia vita finire, o che dolce morire!
Text Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
See other settings of this text.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Alles an Süße hat Amor", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Author(s): Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)