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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Io mi son giovinetta

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE

"Io mi son giovinetta 
e rido e canto alla stagion novella",
cantava la mia dolce pastorella,
[quando subitamente]¹
[quando l'ali]² il cor mio 
[spiegò come augellin subitamente
tutto lieto e ridente, 
cantando in sua favella:]³
"Son giovinetto anch'io 
e rido e canto [a più beata]⁴ e bella
primavera d'amore, 
che nei begli occhi tuoi fiorisce." Ed ella:
"Fuggi, se saggio sei," - disse - :l'ardore,
fuggi, chè in questi rai 
primavera per te non sarà mai."

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• S. d'India • C. Monteverdi

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Note: The model for these verses lies in a poem by Boccaccio

¹ omitted by d'India
² Monteverdi: "a quel canto"
³ Monteverdi: "cantò quasi augellin vago e ridente:"
⁴ Monteverdi: "alla gentil"

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Sigismondo d'India (1582? - 1629?), "Io mi son giovinetta", 1615, from Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Io mi son giovinetta", published 1603 [ vocal quintet ], from Libro IV de madrigali, no. 13, madrigal [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Je suis une jeune fille", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 78

Je suis une jeune fille

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

« Je suis une jeune fille
et je ris et chante à la nouvelle saison »
chantait ma douce bergère,
quand soudain
à ce chant mon cœur
chanta comme un petit oiseau gracieux et rieur :
« Je suis jeune aussi
et je ris et je chante
au beau printemps d'amour
qui fleurit dans tes beaux yeux. » Et elle :
« Fuis, si tu es sage, » dit-elle, « fuis
l'ardeur, car dans ces yeux,
il n'y aura de printemps pour toi. »

Text Authorship:

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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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2013-02-28
Line count: 13
Word count: 82