by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Come esser può ch’io viva, se m’uccidi?
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): GER
Come esser può ch’io viva, se m’uccidi? E come vuoi ch’io mora, se mi dai vita ancora? Fra due mi tieni, onde, tra morte e vita, Vivendo moro e non vivendo ho vita.
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), "Come esser può ch’io viva, se m’uccidi?", published 1594. [vocal quintet] [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Wie kann es sein, dass ich lebe, wenn du mich tötest?", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-11
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Word count: 33