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by John Donne (1572 - 1631)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Sweetest love, I do not go

(Sung text for setting by M. Emery)

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Language: English

Our translations: ITA

Sweetest love, I do not go,
    For weariness of thee,
Nor in hope the world can show
    A fitter love for me ;
        But since that I
Must die at last, 'tis best
To use myself in jest/Thus by feign'd deaths to die.

 ... 

When thou sigh'st, thou sigh'st not wind,
    But sigh'st my soul away ;
When thou weep'st, unkindly kind,
    My life's blood doth decay.
        It cannot be
That thou lov'st me as thou say'st,
If in thine my life thou waste,
    That art the best of me.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,4 of the original text.

Composition:

Matthew Emery

Text Authorship:

by John Donne (1572 - 1631), "Song: Sweetest love, I do not go"

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ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Mio dolcissimo amore", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Mio dolcissimo amore

(Sung text translation for setting by M. Emery)

See original

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English

Mio dolcissimo amore, io congedo non prendo
Perché  di te sono stanco,
o perché spero di trovare al mondo
un amore più adatto;
ma poiché è mia sorte
alla fine morire, allora è meglio,
che faccia l'abitudine, per scherzo,
a morire così, fingendo la mia morte.

 ... 

Quando tu sospiri, non sospiri fiato,
ma l'anima mia stessa stai esalando;
E quando tu, dolcissima crudele, versi il tuo pianto,
il sangue di mia vita stai corrompendo.
Cosa vera non è,
Che mi ami come tu affermi,
Se la mia vita si distrugge in te
Che ogni cosa migliore di me incarni.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,4 of the original text.

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