Seule la mort tue (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 Guy Laffaille

Ancide sol la morte

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): FRE GER

Ancide sol la morte
E tu, mio core, che la vita sei,
Uccider non mi puoi
Col dolce colpo
De’ begli occhi tuoi.
Io, morendo per te, lieto morrei
Se ferita mortale
Uscir potesse
Da beltà vitale.

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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), "Ancide sol la morte", published 1611 [chorus], madrigal for five voices [
text verified 1 time
]

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

GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Töten kann allein der Tod", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Seule la mort tue", 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: 9
Word count: 37

Seule la mort tue

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

Seule la mort tue,
Et toi, mon cœur, qui es la vie,
tu ne peux me tuer
D'un doux coup
De tes beaux yeux.
Moi, mourant pour toi, je mourrais heureux
Si la blessure mortelle
Pouvait venir
De ta beauté vivante.

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

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-17
Line count: 9
Word count: 41