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[Ti disprezzai superbo:] ecco, piegando le ginocchia a terra, riverente t'adoro e ti cheggio perdon, ma non già vita. Ecco gli strali e l'arco; ma non ferir già tu gli occhi o le mani, colpevoli ministri d'innocente voler; ferisci il petto, ferisci questo mostro, di pietate e d'amore aspro nemico; ferisci questo cor che ti fu crudo: eccoti il petto ignudo.
Authorship
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Il Pastor Fido, Act IV, Scene 9, lines 1275-1285 [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), "Ecco, piegando le ginocchia a terra", published 1605 [ vocal quintet], from Libro V de madrigali, no. 7, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Me voici, posant le genou à terre", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Javier Pablo Sotelo) , title 1: "He aquí que, llevando la rodilla a tierra", 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: 12
Word count: 61
Me voici, posant le genou à terre, qui te vénère et t'adore ; et qui implore ton pardon, mais pas la vie. Voici les flèches et l'arc ; mais ne blesse pas mes yeux ni mes mains, coupables ministres d'une volonté innocente ; frappe le cœur, frappe ce monstre, de pitié et d'amour l'ennemi sévère ; frappe ce cœur qui te fut cruel, voici pour toi mon sein nu.
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- 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 1275-1285
This text was added to the website: 2013-01-25
Line count: 11
Word count: 70