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by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Ah! dolente partita!

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE

Ah! dolente partita!
ah, fin de la mia vita!
da te parto e non moro? E pur i' provo
la pena de la morte
e sento nel partire
un vivace morire,
che dà vita al dolore
per far che moia immortalmente il core.

Text Authorship:

by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Il Pastor Fido, Act III, Scene 3, lines 498-505 [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), "Ah! dolente partita!", published 1603 [ vocal quintet ], from Libro IV de madrigali, no. 1, madrigal [sung text checked 1 time]
by Giaches de Wert (1535 - 1596), "Ah, dolente partita", published 1595 [ five-part chorus ], from Undecimo Libro de Madrigali a cinque voci [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ah ! départ douloureux !", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Ah ! départ douloureux !

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Ah ! départ douloureux !
ah ! fin de ma vie !
je te quitte et je ne meurs pas ? et cependant j'éprouve
la douleur de la mort.
Je sens dans ce partir
un vivace mourir,
qui donne vie à la douleur
pour faire qu'immortellement meure le cœur.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Il Pastor Fido, Act III, Scene 3, lines 498-505
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This text was added to the website: 2013-01-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 44