Je voudrais être cette ombre (Casoni, set by (Claudio Monteverdi)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Girolamo Casoni

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Quell'ombr'esser vorrei

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): FRE

Quell'ombr'esser vorrei
che 'l dì vi segue leggiadrett'e bella,
che s'or son servo, i' sarei vostr'ancella.
E quando parte il sole,
m'asconderei sotto quei bianchi panni:
lasso, ben ne gl'affanni,
ombr'ignuda d'uom vivo, Amor, mi fai,
ma non mi giungi a la mia donna mai.

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by Girolamo Casoni [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), "Quell'ombr'esser vorrei", published 1590 [ vocal quintet], from Libro II de madrigali, no. 9, madrigal [
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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Je voudrais être cette ombre", 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: 45

Je voudrais être cette ombre

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

Je voudrais être cette ombre
Qui vous suit adorable et belle ;
Maintenant je suis votre serviteur, je voudrais être votre servante.
Et quand le soleil serait parti,
Je me cacherais sous ces habits blancs,
Hélas, dans mes tourments,
Amour, tu ne fais de moi que l'ombre d'un homme vivant
Mais tu ne me réunis jamais avec ma dame.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Girolamo Casoni

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 59