Crudel, perché mi fuggi? (Claudio Monteverdi)

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Title: Crudel, perché mi fuggi
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini (Ferrara 1538 – Ferrara 1612)

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1590 in Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (Claudio Monteverdi), no. 17

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Original text and translations

Italian text 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 può morir senza dolore, e doler non si può, chi non ha core.

English translation Heartless woman, why do you avoid me if so strongly you desire my death? Aren't you, after all, my heart? Do you think, cruel one, that by avoiding me you'll make me die? Ha! One cannot die without pain, and he who has no heart, can feel no pain. Translation by Campelli

French translation

Cruelle, pourquoi me fuis-tu
si tu désires si ardemment ma mort?
Tu es mon cœur, n'oublies pas!
Est-ce que tu penses, cruelle,
qu'en fuyant tu causeras ma mort?
Ah! On ne peut pas mourir sans douleur,
et ne peut pas souffrir, qui n'a plus de cœur.

Translation by Campelli

German translation Grausame, warum fliehst du mich? Auch wenn du so sehr meinen Tod wünschst, bist du doch mein Herz. Glaubst du, Grausame, durch dein Fliehen könntest du mich sterben lassen? Ach, man kann nicht sterben ohne zu leiden, und leiden kann nicht, wer kein Herz hat. Translation by Peter Rottländer

Czech translation Ty krutá! Proč mi utíkáš?! Jak můžeš ty, mé srdce, tolik žádat mou smrt? Myslíš, že když bezcitně odejdeš, bídně zahynu? Ach, bez bolesti se neumírá! Jen ten necítí bolest, kdo srdce nemá.