Si d'une passion extrême | Si d'une passion extrême

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by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Se per estrem'ardore

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE

Se per estrem'ardore
morir potesse un core,
saria ben arso il mio
fra tanto incendio rio.
Ma come salamandra nel mio foco
vivo per la mia donna in festa e 'n gioco.
E se m'avien talora
che per dolcezza i' mora,
mercé d'Amor risorgo qual fenice
sol per viver ardend'ognor felice.

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 Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Se per estrem'ardore", published 1592 [ vocal quintet], from Libro III de madrigali, no. 7, madrigal [
text not verified
]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Si d'une passion extrême", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-03
Line count: 10
Word count: 51

Si d'une passion extrême

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

Si d'une passion extrême
Un cœur pouvait mourir,
Le mien serait brûlé
Par un tel embrasement.
Mais comme une salamandre dans mon feu
Je vis pour ma dame joyeusement et en jouant.
Et s'il advenait
Que par douceur je meure,
Grâce à Amour je me relèverai tel le phénix
Seulement pour vivre heureux toujours dans les flammes.

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Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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: 2016-02-25
Line count: 10
Word count: 57