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by Antonio Ongaro (1569 - 1599)

Vivo in guerra
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Vivo in guerra mendico e son dolente
senza lei ch'è mia pac' e mio tesoro,
e ne' miei gravi affanni altro ristoro
che gl'inganni d'Amor non ha la mente.
S' io miro in bel giardin rosa ridente,
se bianco avorio, ricca perla ed oro,
l'amo e sospiro, e dico: "Ella c' honoro
tal' ha 'l sen, tal' ha 'l crin vago e lucente."
E gl'occhi al cielo, e a lei fissando il core,
mentre rimiro il sol l'alba novella
godoquasi in ritratto il mio splendore.
Poi la sera l'adoro in qualche stella
la qual raggio tra l'atre habbia maggiore:
hor chi mai vide idolatria più bella?

Text Authorship:

  • by Antonio Ongaro (1569 - 1599) [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 Luca Marenzio (c1553 - 1599), "Vivo in guerra", 1599, from Ninth Book of Madrigals, no. 9. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 106

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