Ich sterbe, ausgezehrt, an meiner Pein (Anonymous, set by (Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Moro, lasso, al mio duolo

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): GER

Moro, lasso, al mio duolo,
E chi può dar mi vita,
Ahi, che m'ancide e non vuol darmi aita!
O dolorosa sorte,
Chi dar vita mi può,
Ahi, mi dà morte!

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), "Moro, lasso, al mio duolo" [five-part mixed chorus a cappella], Book VI [
text verified 1 time
]

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

GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Eugen Thomas)
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Ich sterbe, ausgezehrt, an meiner Pein", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Steven Cox

This text was added to the website: 2009-09-03
Line count: 6
Word count: 31

Ich sterbe, ausgezehrt, an meiner Pein

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Ich sterbe, ausgezehrt, an meiner Pein,
und, die mir Leben geben könnte,
ach, sie bringt mich um und will mir keine Hilf’ gewähren!
O trauriges Geschick:
Die mir Leben geben könnte,
gibt mir, ach, den Tod!

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

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-11
Line count: 6
Word count: 36