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by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Baci soavi e cari

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: GER

Baci soavi e cari,
cibi della mia vita
c'hor m'inviolate 
or mi rendete il core.
Per voi convien ch'impari
come un'alma rapita
non sente il duol di mort'e pur si more.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• C. Monteverdi

Text Authorship:

by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) [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), "Baci soavi e cari", published 1594 [ chorus ], madrigal for 5 voices [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Baci soavi e cari" [ chorus ], from Libro I de madrigali, no. 5, madrigal
Score: IMSLP [external link]
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GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Süße und teure Küsse", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Alfred Mussert

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-01
Line count: 7
Word count: 31

Süße und teure Küsse

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

Süße und teure Küsse,
Labsal meines Lebens,
die ihr mir einmal raubt das Herz 
und es dann wieder gebt.
Durch euch muss ich erfahren,
dass ein entzücktes Herz
nicht fühlt des Todes Schmerz und doch erstirbt.

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• C. Monteverdi

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-13
Line count: 7
Word count: 36