Mourir ne me pèse pas (Gottifredi, set by Claudio Monteverdi) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Bartolomeo Gottifredi

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Non m'è grave 'l morire

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): FRE

Non m'è grave 'l morire,
donna, per acquetar vostro desire,
anzi il viver m'annoia,
sapend'esser voler vostro ch'io moia.
Ben morrei più contento,
s'io fossi inanzi a voi di vita spento,
e vi vedess'a sorte
lagrimar per pietà de la mia morte.

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by Bartolomeo Gottifredi [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 m'è grave 'l morire", published 1590 [ vocal quintet], from Libro II de madrigali, no. 18, madrigal [
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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Mourir ne me pèse pas", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Text added to the website: 2008-09-02 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:53
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Word count: 42

Mourir ne me pèse pas

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

Mourir ne me pèse pas,
Madame, pour satisfaire votre désir,
C'est plutôt vivre qui m'ennuie,
En sachant que vous souhaitez que je meure.
Je mourrais plus heureux
Si j'étais devant vous sans vie,
Et si je vous voyais par bonheur
Pleurer de pitié sur ma mort.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Bartolomeo Gottifredi

Text added to the website: 2013-03-09 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:08
Line count: 8
Word count: 46