Ah, vie sans espoir

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Ahi, disperata vita

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG FRE GER

Ahi, disperata vita,
Che fuggendo il mio bene,
Miseramente cade in mille pene!
Deh, torna alla tua luce alma e gradita
Che ti vuol dar aita!

Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c1561 - 1613), "Ahi, disperata vita" [
text verified 1 time
]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Guy Tops) , title 1: "Ah, desperate life", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Ach, hoffnungsloses Leben", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Ah, vie sans espoir", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Guy Tops

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-19
Line count: 5
Word count: 26

Ah, vie sans espoir

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Ah, vie sans espoir,
Qui en fuyant mon bien-aimé,
Tombe misérablement dans mille tourments !
Oh, tourne-toi vers ta lumière douce et gracieuse
Qui veut t'aider !

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Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (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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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-11
Line count: 5
Word count: 27