Ahi, come a un vago sol cortese giro
[di quei]1 begli occhi, ond'io 
soffersi il primo, e dolce stral d'amore,
pien d'un nuovo desio,
sí pronto a sospirar, torna il mio core!
Lasso, non val ascondersi, ch'omai
conosco i segni, [ch'il]2 mio cor m'addita
de l'antica ferita,
ed è gran tempo pur che la saldai:
Ah, che piaga d'Amor non sana mai!

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¹ Monteverdi: "de due"
² Monteverdi: "che'l"

Text Authorship:

• by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Rime, no. 102 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "Ahi, come a un vago sol", published 1605 [ vocal quintet], from Libro V de madrigali, no. 14, madrigal [
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• by Benedetto Pallavicino (1551 - 1601), "Ahi, come a un vago sol", 1600, from Il sesto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 7. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

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

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Hélas, comme d'un seul regard vague et gracieux", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Javier Pablo Sotelo) , title 1: "¡Ah, cómo, al solo amable, cortés giro", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

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