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Ardo, avvampo, mi struggo! Accorrete amici, vicini, all'infiammato loco! Al ladro, al ladro! Al tradimento! Al foco! Scale, accette, martelli, acqua prendete! E voi torri sacrate anco tacete? Su, su, bronzi, ch'io dal gridar son roco, Dite il periglio altrui non lieve o poco, E degl'incendi miei pietà chiedete! Son due belli occhi il ladro, e seco amore l'incendiario che l'inique faci dentro la rocca m'avventò del core! "Ecco i rimedi omai vani e fallaci", Mi dice ogn'un per si beato ardore: lascia che'l cor s'incenerisca, e taci."
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Ardo, avvampo, mi struggo, accorrete", published 1638 [8 voices and violin], from Libro VIII: Madrigali guerrieri e amorosi, no. 7. [ sung text verified 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Je brûle, je flamboie, je me consume ! Accourez", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Laura Massa
This text was added to the website: 2008-05-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 88
Je brûle, je flamboie, je me consume ! Accourez Amis, voisins, vers le lieu enflammé ! Au voleur, au voleur ! Au traître ! Au feu ! Prenez des échelles, des haches, des marteaux, de l'eau ! Et vous, tours sacrées, vous vous taisez encore ? Allez, allez, bronzes, j'ai la voix rauque de crier, Dites aux autres le péril ni léger ni mince, Et prenez pitié de mes incendies ! Le voleur, ce sont deux beaux yeux, et avec eux l'amour Est l'incendiaire qui a jeté des feux injustes À l'intérieur de la forteresse de mon cœur. « Maintenant les remèdes sont vains et fallacieux » Me dit chacun, « pour une si belle ardeur : Laisse le cœur se consumer et tais-toi ».
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2018 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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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2018-02-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 125