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by Giuseppe Artale (1628 - 1679)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

L'Astratto
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  FRE
Voglio sì, vo' cantar: forse cantando trovar pace potessi al mio tormento!
Ha d'opprimere il duol forza il concento.
Sì, sì, pensiero, aspetta: a sonar cominciamo
e a nostro senso una canzon troviamo.

"Ebbi il core legato un dì
d'un bel crin..."
La strac[c]erei: subito ch'apro un foglio
sento che mi raccorda il mio cordoglio.

"Fuggia la notte e['l] sol spiegava intorno..."
Eh, si confondon qui la nott' e'l giorno!

"Volate, o Furie, e conducete
un miserabile al foco eterno..."
Ma che fo nell'inferno?

"Al tuo ciel, vago desio
spiega l'ale e vanne..."
Affé che quel che ti compose
poco sapea dell'amoroso strale!
Desiderio d'amante in ciel non sale.

"Goderò sotto la luna..."
Or questa sì ch'è peggio!
Sa il destin degl'amanti -- e vuol fortuna.

Misero! I guai m'han da me stesso astratto,
e cercando un soggetto
per volerlo dir sol cento n'ho detto.

Chi nei carcere d'un crine
i desiri ha prigionieri,
per sue crude aspre ruine
nemmen suoi sono i pensieri.

Chi ad un vago alto splendore
die' fedel la libertà,
schiavo alfin tutto d'amore
nemmen sua la mente avrà.

Quind'io, misero e stolto,
non volendo cantar, cantato ho molto.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giuseppe Artale (1628 - 1679) [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), "L'Astratto", op. 8 no. 4, published 1644 [ soprano, continuo ], from Arie, no. 4, Francesco Magni, called Gardano, Venice [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le préoccupé", 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: 2017-05-20
Line count: 34
Word count: 192

Le préoccupé
Language: French (Français)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Je veux, oui, je veux chanter : en chantant je pourrai peut-être trouver la paix pour mon tourment !
La musique a le pouvoir de surmonter la douleur.
Oui, oui, je pense, attendez : commençons à jouer
et trouvons un chant pour notre humeur.

« J'ai eu un jour mon cœur lié
à une belle chevelure... »
Je la déchire : dès que j'ouvre une page
je sens que mon tourment revient.

« La nuit s'enfuit et le soleil se déploie tout autour... »
Oh, nous confondons ici la nuit et le jour !

« Volez, ô furies, et conduisez
un misérable au feu éternel... »
Mais que fais-je dans l'enfer ?

« Vers ton ciel, gracieux désir,
étends tes ailes et va... «
En fait celui qui t'a écrit
sait peu sur la flèche amoureuse !
Les désirs d'un amant ne montent pas au ciel.

« Je me réjouis sous la lune... »
C'est encore pire !
Il connaît le destin des amants et veut la bonne fortune.

Misérable, mes ennuis m'ont rendu distrait
et cherchant un sujet
à exprimer j'en ai trouvé cent.

Celui qui dans les chaînes d'une chevelure
a des désires emprisonnés,
pour sa ruine cruelle et amère
n'a même plus ses pensées à lui.

Celui qui à une fière beauté
confie sa liberté,
à la fin est entièrement esclave de l'amour
et n'a même plus son esprit. 

Ainsi moi, misérable et stupide,
Ne voulant pas chanter j'ai beaucoup chanté.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 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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Based on:

  • a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giuseppe Artale (1628 - 1679)
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2017-08-10
Line count: 34
Word count: 236

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