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[Crud'Amarilli, che col nom'ancora]1 D'amar, ahi lasso! amaramente insegni, Amarilli, del candido ligustro Più candida [più]2 bella, Ma [de l'àspido]3 sordo E più [sorda più fèra]4 e più fugace, Poi che col dir t'offendo, i' mi morrò tacendo. Ma grideran per me le piagge e i monti E questa selva, a cui Sì spesso li tuo bel nome Di risonar insegno. Per me piangendo i fonti E mormorando i venti, Diranno i miei lamenti; [Parlerà nel mie volto La pietate e 'l dolore; E se fia muta ogn'altra cosa, al fine Parlerà il mio morire, E ti dirà la morte il mio martire]5.
S. d'India sets stanza 1
C. Monteverdi sets stanza 1
L. Marenzio sets stanza 1
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Marenzio, Monteverdi: "Cruda Amarilli, che col nome ancora"
2 Marenzio: "e più"
3 Marenzio: "dell'aspido"
4 Marenzio: "fèra"
5 omitted by de Wert
Authorship
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), no title, appears in Il Pastor Fido, Act I, scene 2, lines 272-279 [author's text checked 1 time 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?), "Crud'Amarilli", 1607, stanza 1, from Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
- by Luca Marenzio (c1553 - 1599), "Cruda Amarilli, che col nome ancora", stanza 1 [chorus], from Eighth Book of Madrigals, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
- 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 verified 1 time]
- by Benedetto Pallavicino (1551 - 1601), "Crud'Amarilli", 1600, from Il sesto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 18. [text verified 1 time]
- by Giaches de Wert (1535 - 1596), "Crud'Amarilli, che col nom'ancora" [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Cruelle Amaryllis, qui par ton nom même", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Javier Pablo Sotelo) , title 1: "Cruel Amarilis que con tu nombre", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Cruel Amarilis que con tu nombre a amar, ay, amargamente enseñas. Amarilis, que el cándido ligustro más cándida y más bella, pero que el áspid sordo más sorda, más feroz y más fugaz; ya que con mi decir te ofendo yo moriré callando.
Authorship
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2015 by Javier Pablo Sotelo, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), no title, appears in Il Pastor Fido, Act I, scene 2, lines 272-279
This text was added to the website: 2015-04-09
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Word count: 43