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by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Ch'io non t'ami, cor mio?
 (Sung text for setting by C. Monteverdi)
 See base text
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  FRE
Ch'io non t'ami cor mio?
Ch'io non sia la tua vita e tu la mia,
che per nuovo desio
e per nuova speranza io t'abbandoni?
Prima che questo sia,
morte non mi perdoni.
Ma se tu sei quel cor onde la vita
M'è si dolce e gradita,
Fonte d'ogni mio ben, d'ogni desire,
Come poss'io lasciarti, e non morire?

Composition:

    Set to music by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Ch'io non t'ami, cor mio?", published 1592 [  vocal quintet ], from Libro III de madrigali, no. 11, madrigal

Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), "Amor costante"

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 64

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