Au heurtoir de bronze de sa très cruelle dame | Combien de fois je t'ai baisé, ô bronze aimé

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by Giulio Strozzi (1583 - 1660)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Al battitor di bronzo della sua crudelissima Dama

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE

Qvante volte ti bacio ò bronzo amato
nuntio importun di malgraditi amori
c'hanno i miei baci in si cocenti ardori
il segno delle labbra in te lasciato

Quante volte di lagrime bagnato
testimonio ti fò de' miei dolori
Quando escluso e deluso errar di fuori
l'ira mi fà d'un Demone adorato

Quanti la notte el dì teco ritorno
sdegnato à replicar colpi gelosi
con tuo danno altrui riso e nostro scorno

ma tu perdona a gli impeti amorosi
che spero al fin che vendicate vn giorno
vedrò l'ingurie mie ne' tuoi riposi.

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), "Al battitor di bronzo della sua crudelissima Dama", op. 1 no. 18, published 1644 [vocal duet for tenors and continuo], from Il Primo Libro de Madrigali; a due, tre, quattro, e cinque voce, no. 18, Vincenti, Venice [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Au heurtoir de bronze de sa très cruelle dame", 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: 92

Au heurtoir de bronze de sa très cruelle dame

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

Combien de fois je t'ai baisé, ô bronze aimé,
messager importun d'amours mal acceptés,
de sorte que mes baisers d'une ardeur si brûlante
ont laissé l'empreinte de mes lèvres sur toi.

Combien de fois baigné de mes larmes
t'ai-je fait témoin de ma douleur,
quand exclus et déçu, fou de fureur,
la colère d'un démon adoré me laisse dehors.

Combien nuit et jour de retour avec toi
de coups pleins de jalousie et répétés, 
à ton préjudice, les autres riaient de notre humiliation.

Mais toi, pardonne mes emportements amoureux,
et j'espère enfin que la récompense, un jour,
de mes tourments et ton repos, je les verrai.

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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: 2017-06-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 106