Tu m'uccidi, o crudele (Carlo Gesualdo)

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Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2013-05-11).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 125 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• CPDL #19299:  Sibelius 5

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General Information

Title: Tu m'uccidi, o crudele
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SAATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1613

Description: Book 5 Madrigals, No. 15

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

Tu m'uccidi, o crudele,
D'Amor empia homicida,
E vuoi ch'io taccia e'l mio morir non grida?
Ahi, non si può tacer l'aspro martire
Che va innanzi al morire,
Ond'io ne vo gridando:
'Oimè, ch'io moro amando!'
 

English translation

Translation by Mick Swithinbank
You are killing me, cruel lady,
Heartless murderer of love,
And you expect me to remain silent
And not to cry out that I am dying?
No, it is impossible to say nothing of the cruel torment
Which comes before death
And which compels me to cry out:
“Alas, I die loving.”