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Non piú guerra, pietate, pietate, occhi miei belli, occhi miei trionfanti! A che v'armate contr'un cor ch'è già preso, e vi si rende? Ancidete i rubelli, ancidete chi s'arma e si difende, non chi, vinto, v'adora. Volete voi ch'io mora? Morrò pur vostro, e del morir l'affanno sentirò sí, [ma sarà vostr'il danno]1.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Caccini: "ma vostro sarà'l danno"
Authorship
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Rime, without number [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 Giulio Caccini (1546 - 1618), "Non più guerra", published 1601, from Le nuove musiche, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
- by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Non piú guerra, pietate", published 1603 [ vocal quintet], from Libro IV de madrigali, no. 15, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Plus de guerre, ayez pitié", 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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Word count: 53
Plus de guerre, ayez pitié, ayez pitié, mes beaux yeux, mes yeux triomphants ! Pourquoi vous armez-vous contre un cœur qui est déjà pris et qui se rend à vous ? Tuez les rebelles, tuez ceux qui s'arment et se défendent, pas celui qui, vaincu, vous adore. Voulez que je meure ? Je meurs pour vous, et l'angoisse de la mort, je la sentirai, mais le dommage sera vôtre.
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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), appears in Rime, without number
This text was added to the website: 2013-02-28
Line count: 10
Word count: 69