O dolci parolette

General information

Lyricist: Luigi Cassola

Lasso’s text difffers from Cassola’s (and Gabrieli’s) in some lines, which are added in square brackets.

Settings by composers

• Andrea Gabrieli SAATBB
• Orlando di Lasso SATTB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Andrea Gabrieli — O dolci parolette

Italian text O dolci parolette, o dolce riso, O dolccissimo sguardo, Che tanti interni amari dolor miei [Che tanti amari miei] Addolcite, s’io v’odo, et s’io vi guardo; Deh, fate homai, che far io no’l potrei, [Deh, fate homai a tanti dolor miei] Così dolce la voglia Di questa donna mia, come voi sete; Che l’amara mia doglia addolcir si può sol se voi volete: Ch’ella sa ben, s’io l’amo; et voi il sapete.

German translation O süße kleine Wörtchen, o süßes Lachen, o süßester Blick, die so viele meiner bitteren inneren Schmerzen [die so viele meiner Bitterkeiten] besänftigt, wenn ich euch höre, oder wenn ich euch sehe; Ach, macht nun, da ich es nicht tun kann, [Ach, macht nun angesichts meiner vielen Qualen] so süß das Gemüt meiner Dame wie ihr es seid; da mein bitteres Leiden besänftigt werden kann, wenn ihr es wollt: denn sie weiß wohl, dass ich sie liebe; und ihr wisst es. Translation by Gerhard Weydt

English translation Oh sweet little words, o sweet laughter, o sweetest glance, which soften so many of my bitter inner pains [which soften so many of my bitternesses] when I hear you, and when I behold you; oh make now, as I am not able to do it, [oh make now towards my many torments] as sweet the humour of my lady as you are; since my bitter distress may be softened only if you wish it: for she well knows that I love her, and you know it. Translation by Gerhard Weydt