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by Jean Passerat (1534 - 1602)
Translation by Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 - 1621)

Bel pastor dal cui bel guardo
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the French (Français) 
Bel pastor, dal cui bel guardo
Spira foco ond'io tutt'ardo,
m'ami tu? - Sì cor mio
Com'io desio? - Si cor mio
Dimmi quanto? - Tanto tanto.
Come che? - Come te, pastorella tutta bella.

Questi vezzi e questo dire
non fan pago il mio desire;
Se tu m'ami, o mio bel foco,
dimmi ancor, ma fuor di gioco:
Come che? - Come te, pastorella tutta bella.

Viepiù lieta udito avrei:
"t'amo al par degli occhi miei."
Come rei del mio cordoglio
questi lumi amar non voglio,
di mirar non sazi ancora
la beltà che sì m'accora.
Come che? - Come te, pastorella tutta bella.

Fa' sentirmi altre parole
se pur vuoi ch'io mi console.
M'ami tu? - Come la vita?
No, che afflitta e sbigottita
d'odio e sdegno e non d'amore,
fatt' albergo di dolore
per due luci, anzi due stelle
troppo crude, troppo belle.
Come che? - Come te, pastorella tutta bella.

Non mi dir più "come te";
dimmi "io t'amo... io t'amo...come me".
No, ch'io stesso odio me stesso.
Deh, se m'ami dimmi espresso.
Sì cor mio - Com'io desìo -
Dimmi quanto. Tanto tanto.
Quanto quanto? Oh, tanto tanto.
Come che? - Come te, pastorella tutta bella.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 - 1621) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Jean Passerat (1534 - 1602), first published <<1613
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Marco da Gagliano (1582 - 1643), "Bel pastor dal cui bel guardo" [soprano and bass] [
     text not verified 
    ]
  • by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Bel pastor dal cui bel guardo", published 1651 [soprano and tenor], from Libro IX: Madrigali e canzonette a due e tre voci, no. 1. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-12
Line count: 35
Word count: 190

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