Espoirs brisés | Espoirs brisés, foi éternelle

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by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Interrotte speranze

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE

Interrotte speranze, eterna fede,
fiamme e strali possenti in debil core;
nutrir sol di sospiri un fero ardore
e celare il suo mal quand'altri il vede:

seguir di vago e fuggitivo piede
l'orme rivolte a volontario errore;
perder del seme sparso e'l frutto e'l fiore
e la sperata al gran languir mercede;

far d'uno sguardo sol legge ai pensieri
e d'un casto voler freno al desìo,
e spender lacrimando i lustri interi:

questi ch'a voi, quasi gran fasci, invio,
donna crudel, d'aspri tormenti e fieri,
saranno i trofei vostri e'l rogo mio.

Text Authorship:

by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) [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), "Interrotte speranze", published 1619 [ chorus ], from Libro VII de madrigali, no. 16, madrigal [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Espoirs brisés", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 92

Espoirs brisés

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

Espoirs brisés, foi éternelle,
flammes et rayons puissants dans le cœur faible ;
nourrir seulement de soupirs une ardeur sauvage
et cacher son mal quand les autres le voit ;

suivre d'un pied vague et fugace
les pas qui mènent à une erreur volontaire ;
perdre d'une graine dispersée le fruit et la fleur
et la récompense espérée d'une grande attente ;

faire d'un seul regard la loi des pensées
et d'un chaste vouloir retenir le désir
et gaspiller en pleurant des années entières ;

je vous envoie une grande brassée,  
cruelle dame, de tourments amers et cruels,
qui seront vos trophées et mon bûcher.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-02-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 100