by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  FRE SPA
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 ritenne 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."

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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


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