Posso cor mio partire (Luca Marenzio)

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• (Posted 2024-08-03)  CPDL #81485:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2024-08-03).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 67 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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Title: Posso cor mio partire
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SAATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1585 in Il terzo libro de madrigali a sei voci, no. 8
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Original text and translations

Italian text Posso cor mio partire senza farvi morire, ch'amor giusto Signore, vuol che se meco porto il vostro core, con voi ne resta il mio, onde non morirem né voi ned' io. Posso dunque partire senza farvi morire.

English translation I can, my heart, depart with causing your death, for love, that just Lord, wishes that if I carry your heart with me, mine remains with you, such that neither you nor I will die. Thus can I depart without causing your death. Translation by Allen Garvin