Death floods over my lord's face (Anonymous, set by (Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Sparge la morte

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG

Sparge la morte al mio Signor nel viso
Tra squallidi pallori
Pietosissimi horrori,
Poi lo rimira e ne divien pietosa;
Geme, sospira, e più ferir non osa.
Ei, che temer la mira,
Inchina il capo, asconde il viso, e spira.

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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 Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c1561 - 1613), "Sparge la morte", published 1596 [ sattb chorus a cappella ], from Madrigali a 5 voci, libro quarto, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2019-08-28
Line count: 7
Word count: 40

Death floods over my lord's face

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Over my lord's face, Death floods
Over its bleak pallor
The most piteous horrors,
Then looks at him and is moved to pity;
He groans, sighs, and does not dare to strike again.
My lord, seeing Death himself is afraid,
Bows his head, covers his face, and dies.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

This text was added to the website: 2019-08-28
Line count: 7
Word count: 48