Si tu désires ma mort | Si tu désires ma mort

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by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Se la mia morte brami

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER

Se la mia morte brami, 
crudel, lieto ne moro.
E dopo morte ancor te solo adoro.
Ma se vuoi che non t'ami, 
ahi, che a pensarlo solo
Il duol m'ancide 
e l'alma fugge a volo.

Text Authorship:

by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595) [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), "Se la mia morte brami", 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: "Wenn du meinen Tod begehrst", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , title 1: "If you desire my death", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Si tu désires ma mort", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-13
Line count: 7
Word count: 35

Si tu désires ma mort

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

Si tu désires ma mort,
Cruelle, alors je mourais heureux.
Et même après la mort, seul, je t'adorerai.
Mais si tu ne veux pas que je t'aime,
Hélas, seulement à y penser
La douleur me tue
Et mon âme s'enfuit en volant.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-01-04
Line count: 7
Word count: 42