Tal io, gran tempo infermo (Giovanni Piccioni)

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(Posted 2021-02-23) CPDL #63130:

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2021-02-23). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 262 kB Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Tal io, gran tempo infermo
Composer: Giovanni Piccioni
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1602 in Il pastor fido; Il sesto libro di madrigali a cinque voci (Giovanni Piccioni), no. 4
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Tal io, gran tempo infermo
E d'amorosa sete arso e consunto
In dui bramati fonti,
Che stillan ghiaccio da l'alpestre vena
D'un indurato core,
Ho bevuto il veleno,
E spento il viver mio,
Più tosto che'l desio.

Il pastor fido (A3;S6;27;Mirtillo)

English translation

So I long time with amorous thirst consum'd,
From the two darling fountains of her eyes,
Which flow with icy streams from that fierce heart
Hard as a rock, sweet poisonous draughts have drunk
That quench my life, but not my burning love.

Translated by William Clapperton