Baciami vita mia (Domenico Maria Ferrabosco)

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• (Posted 2025-03-30)  CPDL #84348:         

Editor: Ullrich Köthe (submitted 2025-03-30).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 174 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Original pitch and note values.

General Information

Title: Baciami vita mia
Composer: Domenico Maria Ferrabosco
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1554 in Il quarto libro de madrigali a note bianche, no. 10
    2nd published: 1569 in Corona libro primo, no. 22
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External websites:

• Source: https://stimmbuecher.digitale-sammlungen.de/view?id=bsb00071901, page 11

Original text and translations

Italian text Baciami, vita mia baciami ancora, Nè ti spiaccia baciarmi un’altra volta, Chè ’l finir di baciar così m’accora Che senza baci m’è la vita tolta. Baciami mille volte e mill’ancora, E poi mi bacia sì che chi n’ascolta Numerar mai non possa i nostri baci: Che fai, dolce cor mio che non mi baci?

English text Kiss me, my life, kiss me again. Nor be displeased by kissing me once more. If kissing ends, my heart becomes so sore. That without kisses, I say to life adieu. Kiss me a thousand times, a thousand more. Then kiss me in a way that e’en the few Who overhear us ne’er could count our kisses. Why is it, my sweetheart, that you don’t kiss me?          (translated by Don Harran)

German text Küss mich, mein Leben, küss mich noch einmal, Und es soll dich nicht verdrießen, mich noch einmal zu küssen, Denn das Ende des Küssens betrübt mich so sehr, Dass mir ohne Küsse das Leben genommen ist. Küss mich tausendmal und noch tausendmal, Und küss mich dann so, dass, wer uns hört, Unsere Küsse niemals zählen kann: Was machst du, mein süßes Herz, dass du mich nicht küsst?          (AI translated by Gemini)