Sa questo altier ch'io l'amo e ch'io l'adoro (Claudio Merulo)

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  • (Posted 2022-05-23)  CPDL #69337:       
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2022-05-23).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 69 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
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General Information

Title: Sa questo altier ch'io l'amo e ch'io l'adoro
Composer: Claudio Merulo
Lyricist: Ludovico Ariosto
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SAT
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1580
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Sa questo altier ch’io l’amo e ch’io l’adoro,
né mi vuol per amante né per serva.
Il crudel sa che per lui spasmo e moro,
e dopo morte a darmi aiuto serva.
E perché io non gli narri il mio martoro
atto a piegar la sua voglia proterva,
da me s’asconde, come aspide suole,
che, per star empio, il canto udir non vuole.

English.png English translation

Proud youth! he knows my worship and my love,
Nor me will have for lover or for slave.
The cruel stripling knows what pangs I prove,
Yet will not aid me till I am in my grave.
Nor let me tell my sorrows, lest they move
Him his perverse and evil will to wave;
Shunning me like malignant asp, that fears
To change his mood, if he the charmer hears.

Translation by William Stewart Rose