by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
O come se' gentile
Language: Italian (Italiano)
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 original text (without footnotes)1 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 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, adapted by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title FRE GER ; 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
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This text was added to the website: 2008-03-26
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Word count: 58