Ardo sì, ma non t'amo,
[Perfida]1 e dispietata,
Indegnamente amata
Da [un]2 sì leale amante.
[Ne sarà più che del mio duol ti vante]3
[Perch'ho già sano]4 il core ;
E s'ardo, [ardo]2 di [sdegno]5 e non d'amore.

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¹ Monteverdi: "Perfid'"
² omitted by Lassus.
³ Monteverdi: "Ah, non fia più che del mio amor ti vante"; Lassus: "Ne più sara che del mio amor ti vante."
⁴ Lassus: "Ch'ho gia sanato"
⁵ Monteverdi: "sdgegn'"

Text Authorship:

• by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) [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 Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Ardo sì, ma non t'amo" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Ardo sì, ma non t'amo", published 1587 [ chorus ], from Libro I de madrigali, no. 17, madrigal [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Orazio Vecchi (1550 - 1605), "Ardo sì, ma non t'amo" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

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