Non mi conosci tu (Giaches de Wert)

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• (Posted 2023-02-13)  CPDL #72613:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-02-13).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 84 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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General Information

Title: Non mi conosci tu
Composer: Giaches de Wert
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSAATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1591 in Il decimo libro de madrigali a 5 voci, no. 20
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Original text and translations

Italian text Non mi conosci tu? io ben conosco: i tuoi detti buggiardi e i tuoi fallaci sguardi. Ardi pur, per amante a te simile che doni a l'amor tuo l'empia mercede che desti alla mia fede. Qual amante lasciasti al fin vedrai e spero che dirai hai: non conobbi un amator fedele foss'io stata più saggia e men crudele.

English translation Don't you recognize me? I know you well your lying words and your false glances. Burn, therefore, for a lover like yourself that gives instead your love wicked recompense in reward for my fidelity. In the end, you will see what kind of lover you left behind and I hope you will say: I did not understand [you were] a faithful lover, had I only been wiser and less cruel. Translation by Allen Garvin