by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Translation © by Javier Pablo Sotelo

Crud'Amarilli, che col nom'ancora
 (Sung text for setting by G. Wert)
 See original
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  FRE SPA
Crud'Amarilli, che col nom'ancora
D'amar, ahi lasso! amaramente insegni,
Amarilli, del candido ligustro
Più candida più bella,
Ma de l'àspido sordo 
E più sorda più fèra e più fugace,
Poi che col dir t'offendo,
i' mi morrò tacendo. 

Ma grideran per me le piagge e i monti
E questa selva, a cui 
Sì spesso li tuo bel nome
Di risonar insegno. 
Per me piangendo i fonti
E mormorando i venti,
Diranno i miei lamenti;
 ... .

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    Set to music by Giaches de Wert (1535 - 1596), "Crud'Amarilli, che col nom'ancora"

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Cruelle Amaryllis, qui par ton nom même", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Javier Pablo Sotelo) , "Cruel Amarilis que con tu nombre", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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Cruel Amarilis que con tu nombre
 (Sung text translation for setting by G. Wert)
 See original
Language: Spanish (Español)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Cruel Amarilis que con tu nombre
a amar, ay, amargamente enseñas.
Amarilis, que el cándido ligustro
más cándida y más bella,
pero que el áspid sordo
más sorda, más feroz y más fugaz;
ya que con mi decir te ofendo
yo moriré callando.

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  • Translation from Italian (Italiano) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2015 by Javier Pablo Sotelo, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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