Ich lieb’ dich, du, mein Leben! sagt innigst mir

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by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

T'amo, mia vita

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE GER SPA

T'amo, mia vita» la mia cara vita
dolcemente mi dice, e 'n questa sola
sí soave parola
par che trasformi lietamente il core,
per farmene signore.
O voce di dolcezza, e di diletto!
Prendila tosto, Amore;
stampala nel mio petto.
Spiri solo per lei l'anima mia;
T'amo, mia vita»  la mia vita sia.

Text Authorship:

by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Rime, no. 66 [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), "T'amo, mia vita", published 1605 [ vocal quintet], from Libro V de madrigali, no. 17, madrigal [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "« Je t'aime, ma vie", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Javier Pablo Sotelo) , ""Te amo, vida mía" mi amada vida", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 53

Ich lieb’ dich, du, mein Leben! sagt...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

„Ich lieb’ dich, du, mein Leben!“ sagt innigst mir
mein teures Leben und durch dies süße,
einzige Versprechen
steigt Frohsinn mir ins Herz,
um Herr in ihm zu werden.
O freudevolle, allerliebste Worte!
Nimm sie gleich auf, Amor,
und präg sie mir ins Herz!
Für dich allein mög meine Seele leben! 
„Ich lieb’ dich, du, mein Leben!“ sei mein.

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Rime, no. 66
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This text was added to the website: 2019-03-19
Line count: 10
Word count: 59