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by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)

Vivrò fra i miei tormenti e le mie cure
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Vivrò fra i miei tormenti e le mie cure,
mie giuste furie, forsennato, errante;
paventarò l'ombre solinghe e scure
che 'l primo error mi recheranno inante,
e del sol che scoprí le mie sventure,
a schivo ed in orrore avrò il sembiante.
Temerò me medesmo; e da me stesso
sempre fuggendo, avrò me sempre appresso.

Ma dove, oh lasso me!, dove restaro
le reliquie del corpo e bello e casto?
Ciò ch'in lui sano i miei furor lasciaro,
dal furor de le fère è forse guasto.
Ahi troppo nobil preda! ahi dolce e caro
troppo e pur troppo prezioso pasto!
ahi sfortunato! in cui l'ombre e le selve
irritaron me prima e poi le belve.

Io pur verrò là dove sète; e voi
meco avrò, s'anco sète, amate spoglie.
Ma s'egli avien che i vaghi membri suoi
stati sian cibo di ferine voglie,
vuo' che la bocca stessa anco me ingoi,
e 'l ventre chiuda me che lor raccoglie:
onorata per me tomba e felice,
ovunque sia, s'esser con lor mi lice.

Text Authorship:

  • by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595), from Gerusalemme Liberata, XII, 77-79 [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 Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Vivrò fra i miei tormenti e le mie cure", published 1592 [ vocal quintet], from Libro III de madrigali, no. 13, madrigal [
     text not verified 
    ]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Auguste Desplaces) , title 1: "Au milieu des tourments et des remords"


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-03
Line count: 24
Word count: 172

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