by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
O primavera, gioventù de l'anno
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: FRE
O primavera, gioventù de l'anno, bella madre de' fiori, d'erbe novelle e di novelli amori, tu ben, lasso, ritorni, ma senza i cari giorni de le speranze mie. Tu ben sei quella ch'eri pur dianzi, sì vezzosa e bella; ma non son io quel che già un tempo fui, sì caro a gli occhi altrui.
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Text Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Il Pastor Fido, Act III, Scene 1 [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 Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c1545 - 1607), "O primavera" [ chorus ], madrigal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "O primavera, gioventù de l'anno", published 1592 [ vocal quintet ], from Libro III de madrigali, no. 9, madrigal [sung text not yet checked]
Set in a modified version by Timothy Hoekman, Raffaello Rontani.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-03
Line count: 10
Word count: 55