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by Niccolò Minato (1630 - 1698)

Ardo, sospiro e piango
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Ardo, sospiro e piango, 
osservo eterna fé 
e pur senza mercé alfin rimango. 
Pensando ogn'hora io vo' 
come fuggir le pene e non lo so. 
Che far ci poss'io, 
dolente cor mio, 
s'Amor vuol così? 
Non ci giovano i sospiri, 
senza frutto è il lagrimar, 
non osserva i tuoi martiri, 
non si piega al tuo penar 
la beltà che ti ferì. 
Che farci poss'io… 
Peno, languisco e moro 
per chi non ha pietà, 
preda di crudeltà, senza ristoro 
finirò lasso i miei dì. 
Che farci poss'io…

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Text Authorship:

  • by Niccolò Minato (1630 - 1698) [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 Alessandro Stradella (1639 - 1682), no title, GiaS 4.2 no. 2 [ vocal duet for soprano and baritone with continuo ], Verified with Stradella: Duets CD Booklet, Brilliant Classics 2014. [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-07-27
Line count: 19
Word count: 86

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