Fair one, as you leave me (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

Beltà poi che t’assenti

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): ENG GER

Beltà poi che t’assenti
Come ne porti il cor
Porta i tormenti.
Ché tormentato cor 
può ben sentire
La doglia del morire,
E un alma senza core,
Non può sentir dolore.

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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), "Beltà poi che t’assenti", published 1611 [ chorus ], madrigal for five voices [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Schöne, da du von mir gehst", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 31

Fair one, as you leave me

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Fair one, as you leave me,
Take not only my heart,
But my torment with you as well.
For a tormented heart
Might very well feel 
The pain of dying,
But a soul without a heart
Will feel pain no longer.

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Based on

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

This text was added to the website: 2019-08-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 41