Se chiudete nel core (Carlo Gesualdo)

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(Posted 2018-09-01) CPDL #51141:

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-09-01). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 61 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #7342, with minor corrections to the underlay.

(Posted 2004-06-28) CPDL #07342:

Editor: Vincent Carpentier (submitted 2004-06-28). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 77 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

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General Information

Title: Se chiudete nel core
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1596 in Madrigali a 5 voci, libro quarto, no. 14
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Se chiudete nel core il pargoletto Amore,
Perché serpe crudele in sen nudrite?
Ah, che voi troppo ardite!
Vedete non l'ancida,
Se vago di dolcezza ivi s'annida.

English translation

If you shut in your heart the little child Love,
why nurture a cruel serpent at your breast?
Ah, you burn too fiercely!
Don't you see: you would kill him,
if, in search of succor, he should nest in that place.