Sur ces rives il n'y a pas (Tasso, set by (Claudio Monteverdi)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Non son in queste rive

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): FRE

Non son in queste rive
fiori così vermigli
come le labra de la donna mia.
Né 'l suon de l'aure estive,
tra fonti e rose e gigli,
fan del suo canto più dolce armonia.
Canto che m'ardi e piaci,
t'interrompano solo i nostri baci.

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by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595) [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), "Non son in queste rive", published 1590 [ vocal quintet], from Libro II de madrigali, no. 6, madrigal [
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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Sur ces rives il n'y a pas", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

Sur ces rives il n'y a pas

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

Sur ces rives il n'y a pas de
Fleurs aussi vermeilles
Que les lèvres de ma dame.
Le son des brises de l'été
À travers les fontaines, les roses et les lys
Ne font une harmonie plus douce que son chant.
Chant qui m'enflamme et m'apaise,
Ne t'interromps que pour nos baisers.

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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 Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 52