Longe da te, cor mio (Claudio Monteverdi)

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• (Posted 2013-07-28)  CPDL #29729:       

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2013-07-28).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 115 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Longe da te, cor mio
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Anonymous

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella

First published: 1603 in Il quarto libro de madrigali a cinque voci (Claudio Monteverdi), no. 19
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• translation by Charles Marshall

Original text and translations

Italian text

Longe da te, cor mio,
struggomi di dolore,
di dolcezza e d'amore.
Ma torna omai, deh, torna!
E se'l destino strugger vorammi ancor a te vicino,
sfavilli e splenda il tuo bel lume amato,
ch’io n’arda e mora; e morirò beato.