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by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Tirsi morir volea
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  GER
Tirsi morir volea,
Gl'occhi mirando di colei ch'adora;
Quand'ella, che di lui non men ardea,
Li disse: "Oime, ben mio,
Deh, non morir ancora,
Che teco bramo di morir anch'io."
Freno Tirsi il desio,
Ch' hebbe di pur sua vit' alhor finire;
Ma sentia mort' in non poter morire.
E mentre'l guardo suo fisso tenea
Ne' begl'occhi divini
E'l nettare amoroso indi bevea,
La bella Ninfa sua, che gia vicini
Sentia i messi d' Amore,
Disse con occhi languidi e tremanti:
"Mori, cor mio, ch' io moro."
Cui rispose il Pastore:
"Et io, mia vita, moro."
Cosi moriro i fortunati amanti
Di morte si soave e si gradita,
Che per ancor morir tornaro in vita.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) [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 Andrea Gabrieli (c1533 - 1585), "Tirsi morir volea" [
     text not verified 
    ]
  • by Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c1561 - 1613), "Tirsi morir volea" [
     text not verified 
    ]
  • by Luca Marenzio (c1553 - 1599), "Tirsi morir volea" [
     text not verified 
    ]
  • by Giaches de Wert (1535 - 1596), "Tirsi morir volea" [
     text not verified 
    ]
  • by Camillo Zanotti (1545? - 1591), "Tirsi morir volea" [
     text not verified 
    ]

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

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Thyrsis wollte sterben", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-06-28
Line count: 21
Word count: 115

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