Ch'ami la mia vita (Claudio Monteverdi)

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General Information

Title: Ch'io ami la mia vita
(abreviated "Ch'ami" in underlay but not in 1607 title index)
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicings: SSATB or ATTBB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1587 in Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (Claudio Monteverdi), no. 1
Description: 

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Ch'ami la vita mia nel tuo bel nome
Par che si legg'ogn'hora
Ma tu voi pur ch'io mora.
Se'l ver porti in te scritto,
Acqueta co'i begli occhi il cor afflitto,
Acciò letto non sia
Ch'ami la morte e non la vita mia.

English.png English translation

I read your love
every day
in your lovely name,
and yet you want me to die.

If you have the truth written in you,
soothe my wounded heart
with your beautiful eyes,
so no one will read
“I love death” instead of “life.”

NOTE: “Ch'ami la” hides the name “Camilla”

Translation by Nicholas Jones