by Giambattista Marino (1569 - 1625)
Altri canti di Marte
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Altri canti di Marte, e di sua schiera Gli arditi assalti, e l'honorate imprese, Le sanguigne vittorie, e le contese, I trionfi di morte horrida, e fera. Io canto, Amor, da questa tua guerriera Quant'hebbi a sostener mortali offese, Com'un guardo mi vinse, un crin mi prese: Historia miserabile, ma vera. Due begli occhi fur l'armi, onde traffitta Giacque, e di sangue invece amaro pianto Sparse lunga stagion l'anima afflitta. Tu, per lo cui valor la palma, e'l vanto Hebbe di me la mia nemica invitta, Se desti morte al cor, dà vita al canto.
Authorship:
- by Giambattista Marino (1569 - 1625) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Altri canti di Marte", 1638 [ vocal sextet with 2 violins], from Libro VIII: Madrigali guerrieri e amorosi, no. 10, madrigal [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "D'autres chantent de Mars", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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