Baci soavi e cari,
cibi della mia vita
c'hor m'inviolate 
or mi rendete il core.
Per voi convien ch'impari
come un'alma rapita
non sente il duol di mort'e pur si more.

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 Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c1561 - 1613), "Baci soavi e cari", published 1594 [chorus], madrigal for 5 voices [
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This text (or a part of it) is used in a work

• by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Baci soavi e cari" [chorus], from Libro I de madrigali, no. 5, madrigal.
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Süße und teure Küsse", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Alfred Mussert

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-01
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