Si Amour allait à la chasse | Si Amour allait à la chasse

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by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

S'andasse Amor a caccia

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE

S'andasse Amor a caccia,
Grechin a lass'avria per suo diletto
e de le damme seguiria la traccia,
ché vago pargoletto
è questo come quello
e leggiadrett'e bello.
Vezzosetto Grechino,
se pur vol tuo destino
ch'egli sia cacciatore,
prendi costei mentr'ella fugge Amore.

Text Authorship:

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 Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "S'andasse Amor a caccia", 1953/4 [soprano, tenor, and SATB chorus a cappella], from Canti amorosi, no. 3, Mainz, Schott [ sung text not verified ]
by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "S'andasse Amor a caccia", published 1590 [ vocal quintet], from Libro II de madrigali, no. 10, madrigal [ sung text not verified ]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Si Amour allait à la chasse", 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: 10
Word count: 42

Si Amour allait à la chasse

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

Si Amour allait à la chasse
Il aurait Grechino en laisse pour son plaisir,
Et suivrait les traces du gibier,
Car le garçon est charmant
Et l'un comme l'autre
Est gracieux et beau.
Charmant petit Grechino,
Si même ton destin veut
Qu'il soit chasseur,
Tu peux prendre celle-ci pendant qu'elle fuit Amour.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)
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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-07
Line count: 10
Word count: 52