Pungente dardo (Jacquet de Berchem)

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• (Posted 2018-11-22)  CPDL #52307:   

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2018-11-22).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 76 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2010-06-13)  CPDL #21781:        (Sibelius 7)

Editor: Walker Boyle (submitted 2010-06-13).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 89 kB   Copyright: Creative Commons Zero

Edition notes: Updated to v. 2.0 in May 2014. Transcribed from 1539 Gardane edition of Jacques Arcadelt's "Il primo libro de' madrigali a 4 voci."

General Information

Title: Pungente dardo
Composer: Jacquet de Berchem

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1539 in Il primo libro de' madrigali a 4 voci, no. 1.02

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Original text and translations

Italian text Pungente dardo, che'l mio cor consumi con tal dolcezza che'l morir mi piace; dolci fiammelle, che de i vaghi lumi uscite dov' amor sue stanze face, che fan dagl'occhi miei uscir duo fiumi pe'l gran desir che m'ard'e mi disface: porgete al cor afflitto quel che chiede, o morte prend'almen di me mercede.

English translation Sharp arrow, that consumes my heart with such sweetness, that I find death pleasurable; sweet flamelets that shoot out of the pretty eyes whence Love made his chambers and cause two rivers to flow from my eyes out of the great desire that burns and undoes me: give to the afflicted heart what it begs for, or, at least, let Death take pity on me. Translation by Campelli

German translation Spitzer Pfeil, der du mein Herz durchbohrst Mit solcher Süße, dass sogar Sterben mir gefällt. Süße Flämmchen, die ihr aus schönen Augen herausbrecht, Iin denen Amor seine Wohnstatt nahm, die aus meinen Augen zwei Ströme fließen lassen aufgrund der großen Sehnsucht, die mich verbrennt und mich zerstört, gewährt dem betrübten Herz das, was es begehrt. Oder möge wenigstens der Tod Mitleid mit mir haben. Translation by Gerhard Weydt