Deh, come invan sospiro (Carlo Gesualdo)
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- Editor: Kurt Pages (submitted 2008-03-15). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 125 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Based on CPDL #5028: now original voicing (SSATB instead of SAATB), corrections of "spelling" mistakes in the music (e.g. "e#" instead of "f"), addition of forgotten lyrics etc. With German translation by the editor (revised: April 20, 2009)
- Editor: Vincent Carpentier (submitted 2003-05-12). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 292 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: revised May 28, 2004.
General Information
Title: Deh, come invan sospiro
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
Published:
- Il Sesto Libro de' Madrigali (1611)
- Second publication together with the other Books of Madrigals (1613)
Description:
External website(s):
- Facsimile: Partitvra delli sei libri de’ Madrigali a cinqve voci — Madrigals Books I – VI (Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni, 1613) – large download, 70 MB, 492pp
Original text and translations
Italian text
- Deh, come invan sospiro,
- Deh, come invan vi miro,
- Poiché, crudel, voi fate ogni un gioire
- Et a me sol morire!
- Infelice mia sorte,
- Che la vita per me divenga morte.
German translation
by Kurt Pages
- Ach, wie vergebens seufze ich,
- Ach, wie vergebens schaue ich Euch an,
- Weshalb, Grausame, schenkt Ihr allen eine Freude
- Und mir allein zu sterben!
- Unglücklich ist mein Schicksal,
- Das das Leben für mich zum Tod werden lässt.
English translation
- Ah! How I sigh in vain,
- Ah! How I look at you in vain,
- Since, cruel one, you give joy to all
- And to me only death!
- Unhappy my fate,
- That life for me has become death.