D'un pleur un amant dédaigné apprit à faire le papier | Acis en souffrance mord un linge blanc

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by Giulio Strozzi (1583 - 1660)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Dal pianto de gli Amanti scherniti s'imparò à far la carta

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE

Mordeva un bianco lino Aci dolente
e come è l'uso de' scherniti Amanti
alla sua bella schernitrice avanti
di maltrattar godea tela innocente

ma quel ch'irato lacerava il dente
non mai restavan d'ammollire i pianti
che trito homai da tanti morsi e tanti
Liquido il rese al fin l'occhio gemente

Tela non sembra più ma foglie sparte
onde tu prima c'insegnasti Amore
col fiero esempio à fabbricar le carte

se nacque già dal feminil rigore
d'una Donna crudel si nobil arte
che produrrà la cortesia d'un core.

Text Authorship:

by Giulio Strozzi (1583 - 1660) [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 Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677), "Dal pianto de gli Amanti scherniti s'imparò à far la carta", op. 1 no. 21, published 1644 [vocal duet for sopranos and continuo], from Il Primo Libro de Madrigali; a due, tre, quattro, e cinque voce, no. 21, Vincenti, Venice [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "D'un pleur un amant dédaigné apprit à faire le papier", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-27
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Word count: 87

D'un pleur un amant dédaigné apprit à faire le papier

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

Acis en souffrance mord un linge blanc,
comme c'est l'usage des amants dédaignés,
devant sa belle moqueuse qu'il aimait avant
de maltraiter le tissu innocent.

Mais ce que les dents en colère déchiraient
les larmes ne manquaient pas pour l'amollir,
haché par tant et tant de morsures 
il devient liquide grâce à l'œil qui se lamente.

Le linge ne semble plus exister mais dispersé en feuilles
ainsi tu nous as appris, Amour,
avec cet exemple cruel à fabriquer le papier.

Ainsi naquit de la rigueur féminine
d'une dame cruelle l'art si noble
que produira la bonté d'un cœur.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giulio Strozzi (1583 - 1660)
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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-23
Line count: 14
Word count: 98