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Dorinda, ah! dirò «mia» se mia non sei se non quando ti perdo e quando morte da me ricevi, e mia non fosti allora ch'i' ti potei dar vita? Pur "mia' dirò, ché mia sarai mal grado di mia dura sorte; e, se mia non sarai con la tua vita, sarai con la mia morte.
Authorship
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Il Pastor Fido, Act IV, Scene 9, lines 1260-1267 [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), "Dorinda, ah! dirò «mia» se mia non sei", published 1605 [ vocal quintet], from Libro V de madrigali, no. 6, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Dorinda, ah, dirai-je « mienne » si tu ne l'es pas", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Javier Pablo Sotelo) , title 1: "Dorinda, ¡Ah! ¿Diré "mía" si mía no eres", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Alberto Pedrotti
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 55
Dorinda, ah, dirai-je « mienne » si tu ne l'es pas, sauf quand je te perds et quand la mort par moi te vient, et mienne tu ne fus alors que je pouvais te donner la vie ? Pourtant « mienne » je dirai, car mienne tu seras malgré mon sort sévère ; et si tu n'es pas mienne pendant ta vie, tu le seras avec ma mort.
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 IV, Scene 9, lines 1260-1267
This text was added to the website: 2013-01-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 68