Cruel, pourquoi me fuis-tu (Guarini, set by (Claudio Monteverdi)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Crudel, perché mi fuggi

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): FRE

Crudel, perché mi fuggi
s'hai della morte mia tanto desio?
tu sei pur il cor mio.
Credi tu per fuggire,
crudel, farmi morire?
Ah! non si pò morir senza dolore
e doler non si pò chi non ha core.

Authorship

by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) [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), "Crudel, perché mi fuggi", published 1590 [ vocal quintet], from Libro II de madrigali, no. 16, madrigal [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Cruel, pourquoi me fuis-tu", 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: 7
Word count: 39

Cruel, pourquoi me fuis‑tu

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

Cruel, pourquoi me fuis-tu
Si tu as un tel désir de ma mort ?
Tu es pourtant mon cœur.
Crois-tu qu'en me fuyant
Cruel, causer ma mort ?
Ah, personne ne peut mourir sans souffrir,
Et celui qui n'a pas de cœur ne peut souffrir.

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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)

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-09
Line count: 7
Word count: 45