Mein Herz, es brennt

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Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Arde il mio cor

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG GER

Arde il mio cor 
ed è sì dolce il foco
Che vive nell’ardore
Onde lieto si more.
O mia felice sorte,
O dolce, o strana morte!

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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), "Arde il mio cor", published 1596 [chorus], madrigal for five voices [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "My heart is on fire", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-13
Line count: 6
Word count: 26

Mein Herz, es brennt

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

Mein Herz, es brennt,
so süß die Glut,
dass es lodernd lebt
und freudig stirbt.
Ach, mein glückseliges Geschick,
o süßer, fremder Tod!

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

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-13
Line count: 6
Word count: 23