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by Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 - 1621)

Mentre che fra doglie e pene
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Mentre che fra doglie e pene
Nutr'il cor spirto di speme
Trass'i dì lieti e contenti
Ne gli affanni, e ne i tormenti
Or di spem' in tutto privo
Di dolor mi pasco e vivo.

Mentre che dolce mia vita
Nin ti spiacque darmi aita
Sai ben tu che strali, e foco,
Mi fur sempre festa, e gioco;
Hor non posso, il vo pur dire,
Star nel foco e non morire.

Mentre che cruda e severa
Pur ti mostri, e vuoi ch'io pera,
Mi morrò nè tu potrai
Darmi aita oimè, che fai?
Vorrai tu ch'a si gran torto,
Chi t'adora resti morto?

Mentre che tra pace e guerra
Viveran gli amanti in terra,
Sia pur fera, e sia crudele
Ti sarò servo fedele
Che se ben tal hor mi doglio
Non per questo a te mi toglio.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 - 1621) [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 Giulio Caccini (1546 - 1618), "Mentre che fra doglie e pene" [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 138

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