Ma vie très douce | Ma vie très douce

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Dolcissima mia vita

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER

Dolcissima mia vita,
a che tardate la bramata aita?
Credete forse che'l bel foco ond' ardo,
sia per finir perche torcete il guardo?
Ahi, non fia mai che brama
il mio desire o d'amarti o morire.

Text 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), "Dolcissima mia vita" [ chorus a cappella ], madrigal [sung text checked 2 times]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "My sweetest life", copyright © 2009
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ma vie très douce", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Mein süßestes Leben", copyright © 2015, (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.
Line count: 6
Word count: 36

Ma vie très douce

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

Ma vie très douce,
pourquoi retardes-tu l'aide désirée ?
Tu crois peut-être que ma belle flamme ardente
s'éteindra  parce que tu détournes ton regard ?
Hélas, cela ne sera jamais rien d'autre pour
mon désir que de t'aimer ou de mourir.

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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
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-11
Line count: 6
Word count: 39