Occhi, un tempo mia vita
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): GER
Occhi, un tempo mia vita,
Occhi, di questo cor [dolci]1 sostegni,
Voi mi negate aita?
Questi son ben [della]2 mia morte i segni.
Non più speme, o conforto.
Tempo è [sol]3 di morir, a che più tardo?
Occhi, ch’a sì gran torto
Morir mi fate, a che torcete il guardo?
Forse per non mirar [come]4 v'adoro?
Mirate almen ch'io moro.
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Confirmed with Delle opere del cavalier Battista Guarini, Volume 2, Verona, Giovanni Alberto Tumermani, 1737, page 66.
1 Notari: "fido"
2 Notari: "de la"
3 Notari: "ben"
4 Notari: "com’io"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Angelo Notari (1566 - 1663), "Occhi, un tempo mia vita", published 1613 [2 tenors, theorbo, instrumental ensemble], from Prime musiche nuove à una, due, et tre Voci, per Cantare con la Tiorba, et altri Strumenti, no. 5, London [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), [adaptation] ; composed by Claudio Monteverdi.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Augen, die mir einst so teuer wie mein Leben", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Augen, die mir einst so teuer wie mein Leben
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano)
Augen, die mir einst so teuer wie mein Leben;
Augen, die meinem Herzen sanften Halt gewährten,
versagt ihr mir eure Hilfe?
Nun seid ihr mir wohl Todesboten.
Kein Trost und Hoffen mehr -
es ist wohl an der Zeit zu sterben, wozu warten?
Augen, die höchst ungerecht
den Tod mir bringen, warum blickt ihr weg?
Vielleicht um nicht zu sehen, wie ich euch verehre?
Schaut zumindest, wie ich sterbe.
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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-06
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Word count: 69