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by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Cruda Amarilli, che col nome ancora
 (Sung text for setting by C. Monteverdi)
 See original
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  FRE SPA
Cruda Amarilli, che col nome 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. 

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Cruda Amarilli, che col nome ancora", published 1605, stanza 1 [  vocal quintet ], from Libro V de madrigali, no. 1, madrigal

Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), no title, appears in Il Pastor Fido, Act I, scene 2, lines 272-279

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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


Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 109

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