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by Giambattista Marino (1569 - 1625)

Canzone di Lontananza
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
È partito il mio bene, 
ho perduto il mio core. Ohimè qual vita
in vita or mi sostiene?
Lasso! com'è rimaso 
fosco il sol, negro il cielo!
Il dì giunto è all'occaso,
amor fatto è di gelo. 
Duro partir che m'hai l'alma partita,
chi ti chiamò partire 
dovea con più ragion dirti morire.

O Dio! quel dolce addio, 
che piangendo mi disse, a cui piangendo
addio risposi anch'  io, 
deh, come da la spoglia
l'anima non divise? 
O come per gran doglia
la vita non uccise? 
Alma e vita non ho, poiché perdendo
il mio dolce conforto, 
addio dirgli ho potuto e non son morto. 

Text Authorship:

  • by Giambattista Marino (1569 - 1625), from "Rime".  [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 Sigismondo d'India (1582? - 1629?), "Canzone di Lontananza", 1615, from Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali, no. 5. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 105

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