by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Voi pur da me partite, anima dura
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): FRE
Voi pur da me partite, anima dura, né vi duol il partire. Ohimè! quest'è un morire crudele, e voi gioite? Quest'è vicino aver l'ora suprema, e voi non lo sentite. O meraviglia di durezza estrema: esser alma d'un core e separarsi, e non sentir dolore!
Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Rime, no. 83 [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), "Voi pur da me partite, anima dura", published 1603 [ vocal quintet], from Libro IV de madrigali, no. 10, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Vous me quittez donc, âme cruelle", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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