Queste lagrime amare (Salamone Rossi)

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• (Posted 2021-05-23)  CPDL #64510:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2021-05-23).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 283 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Queste lagrime amare
Composer: Salamone Rossi
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: 1610 in Il quarto libro de madrigali (Salamone Rossi), no. 16
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Original text and translations

Italian text Queste lagrime amare, Quest'angoscioso pianto, Pianto non è, ma sangue Del misero cor mio, Ferito dallo strale Del vostro sdegno adamantino e rio. Ahi, lasso! e si ne langue Il mio spirto vitale, Ch'io mi sento morire. Fero sdegno, empio cor, aspro desire! Volete pur ch'io mora? Morirò, ma chi mor'è un che v'adora.

English translation These bitter tears, This anguished crying, It is not tears, but the blood of my poor heart, Wounded by the arrow of your adamant disdain. Alas, if languishes My spirit of life, then I feel myself dying! Proud indignation, wicked heart, harsh desire! Would you have me die? I shall die, then, but he who dies adores you. Translation: H.Wiley Hitchcock