by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Era l'anima mia See base text
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Era l'anima mia già presso a l'utim'ore e languia come langue alma che more; quando anima più bella e più gradita volse lo sguardo in sì pietoso giro, che mi manten' in vita. Parean dir que' bei lumi, "Deh. perché ti consumi? Non m'è sì caro il cor, ond'io respiro, come se' tu, cor mio; se mori, ohimè, non mori tu, mor'io."
Composition:
- Set to music by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Era l'anima mia", published 1605 [ vocal quintet ], from Libro V de madrigali, no. 3, madrigal
Text Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), from Rime, 65.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mon âme était", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Javier Pablo Sotelo) , "Estaba ya mi alma", 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: 11
Word count: 63