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Questi vaghi concenti che l'augellett'intorno vanno temprando a l'apparir del giorno sono, cred'io, d'amor desiri ardenti; sono pene e tormenti; e pur fanno le selv'e'l ciel gioire al lor dolce languire. Deh! se potessi anch'io cosí dolce dolermi per questi poggi solitari e ermi, che quell'a cui piacer sola desio gradiss'il pianger mio, io bramerei sol per piacer a lei eterni i pianti miei.
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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), "Questi vaghi concenti", published 1605 [vocal quintet], from Libro V de madrigali, no. 19, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Ces harmonies suaves", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Javier Pablo Sotelo) , title 1: "Estas placenteras armonías", 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.
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Ces harmonies suaves que les petits oiseaux tout autour font entendre au lever du jour sont, je crois, des désirs ardents d'amour ; ils sont peines et tourments; et cependant ils font la joie des forêts et du ciel par leur douce langueur. Ah ! si je pouvais aussi me lamenter aussi doucement au milieu de ces collines solitaires et désertes, que celle à qui seule je désire plaire apprécie mes larmes, je désirerais, seulement pour lui plaire, que mes larmes soient éternelles.
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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 Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
This text was added to the website: 2013-02-08
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