Écoutez, esprits en larmes du lac Averne

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by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Udite lagrimosi spiriti d’Averno

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE

Udite lagrimosi spiriti d’Averno
Udite nova sorte di pena e di tormento
Mirate crudo affetto
In sembiante pietoso 
La mia Donna crudel più dell’inferno.

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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 Lucia Quinciani (flourished 1566-1611), no title [ soprano and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

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Écoutez, esprits en larmes du lac Averne

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Écoutez, esprits en larmes du lac Averne,
Écoutez une nouvelle sorte de peine et de tourment ;
Voyez la cruauté déguisée
En une pitié feinte.
Ma Dame est plus cruelle que l'enfer.

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