by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Non piú guerra, pietate
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: FRE
Non piú guerra, pietate, pietate, occhi miei belli, occhi miei trionfanti! A che v'armate contr'un cor ch'è già preso, e vi si rende? Ancidete i rubelli, ancidete chi s'arma e si difende, non chi, vinto, v'adora. Volete voi ch'io mora? Morrò pur vostro, e del morir l'affanno sentirò sí, [ma sarà vostr'il danno]1.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Caccini: "ma vostro sarà'l danno"
Text Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Rime, without number [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 Giulio Caccini (1546 - 1618), "Non più guerra", published 1601, from Le nuove musiche, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
- by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Non piú guerra, pietate", published 1603 [ vocal quintet], from Libro IV de madrigali, no. 15, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Plus de guerre, ayez pitié", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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