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Che dar piú vi poss'io? Caro mio ben, prendete, eccovi il core, pegno della mia fede e del mio amore. E se per darli vita a voi l'invio, no'l lasciate morire; nudritel di dolcissimo gioire, ché vostr'il fece amor, natura mio. Non vedete, mia vita, che l'immagine vostr'è in lui scolpita?
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Che dar piú vi poss'io?", published 1605 [vocal quintet], from Libro V de madrigali, no. 12, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
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- SPA Spanish (Español) (Javier Pablo Sotelo) , title 1: "¿Que más puedo yo daros?", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Que puis-je vous donner de plus ?", copyright © 2013, (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.
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Que puis-je vous donner de plus ? Mon cher amour, prenez ; voici mon cœur, comme garantie de ma foi et de mon amour, et si je l'envoie pour lui donner vie, ne le laissez pas mourir ; nourrissez-le des joies les plus douces, parce que l'amour l'a fait vôtre, la nature mien. Ne voyez-vous pas, ma vie, que votre image est ciselée en lui ?
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2013-02-08
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