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Sfogava con le stelle un'infermo d'Amore sotto notturno ciel il suo dolore, e dicea fisso in loro: O imagini belle del'idol mio ch'adoro si com'a me mostrate, mentre cosi splendete, la sua rara beltate cosi mostrast'a lei i vivi ardori miei la fareste col vostr'aureo sembiante pietosa si come me fat'amante.
Authorship
- sometimes misattributed to 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), "Sfogava con le stelle", published 1601, from Le nuove musiche, no. 9. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Sfogava con le stelle", published 1603 [ vocal quintet], from Libro IV de madrigali, no. 4, madrigal [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sven Wifstrand) , "One who was lovesick", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Se confiant aux étoiles", 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
Researcher for this text: Sven Wifstrand
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 51
One who was lovesick cried out his pain to the stars in the night and said looking up to them: O you beautiful pictures of my loved one just as you show me when you are gleaming, her outstanding beauty show her also how I burn for her and make her with your golden face as merciful to me as you make me love her.
Authorship
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © by Sven Wifstrand, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) misattributed to Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 - 1621)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65