by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Ch'io non t'ami cor mio?
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: FRE
[Ch'io]1 non t'ami cor mio? Ch'io non sia la tua vita e tu la mia, [che per nuovo desio]2 e per nuova [bellezza]3 io t'abbandoni? Prima che questo sia, morte non mi perdoni. [Ma]1 se tu sei quel cor onde la vita M'è si dolce e gradita, Fonte d'ogni mio ben, d'ogni desire, Come [posso]4 lasciarti, e non morire?
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 d'India: "Che"
2 omitted by Pallavicino
3 Monteverdi: "speranza"
4 Monteverdi: "poss'io"
Text Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), "Amor costante" [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 Giulio Caccini (1546 - 1618), "Ch'io non t'ami cor mio" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sigismondo d'India (1582? - 1629?), "Che non t'ami, cor mio", 1607, from Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Ch'io non t'ami, cor mio?", published 1592 [ vocal quintet ], from Libro III de madrigali, no. 11, madrigal [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Benedetto Pallavicino (1551 - 1601), "Ch'io non t'ami cor mio", 1600, from Il sesto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 59