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Volgea l'anima mia soavemente quel suo caro, e lucente sguardo, tutto beltà tutto desire, verso me scintillando, e parea dire: «Damm'il tuo cor, ché non altronde io vivo.» E mentre il cor sen vola ove l'invita quella beltà infinita, sospirando gridai: «Misero, e privo del cor, chi mi dà vita?» Mi rispos'ella in un sospir d'amore: «Io, che son il tuo core.»
Authorship
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), appears in Rime, no. 62 [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 Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Volgea l'anima mia soavemente", published 1603 [ vocal quintet], from Libro IV de madrigali, no. 5, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Mon âme a tourné doucement", 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: 62
Mon âme a tourné doucement ce si cher et brillant regard, de toute beauté, de tout désir, brillant vers moi, et semblant dire : « Donne ton cœur, car je ne vis pas ailleurs. » Et pendant que le cœur volait où l'invitait cette beauté infinie, en soupirant je criais : « Malheureux et privé de cœur, qui me donne la vie ? » Mais elle répondit avec un soupir d'amour : « Moi, qui suis ton cœur. »
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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, no. 62
This text was added to the website: 2013-02-28
Line count: 11
Word count: 79