by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
O come sei gentile, caro augellino See original
Language: Italian (Italiano)
O come sei gentile, caro augellino! O quanto è il mio stato amoroso al tuo simìle! Io prigion, tu prigion; 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.
Composition:
- Set to music by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "O come sei gentile, caro augellino", published 1619 [ chorus ], from Libro VII de madrigali, no. 4, madrigal
Text Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), "Avventuroso augello", appears in Rime, no. 52, first published 1598
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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