Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Andrea Gabrieli (c.1532-1585)
Music source: Il primo libro de madrigali a6 voci (Gardano press, Venice, 1574)
| Original Italian | Translation |
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Amor mi strugge il cor, fortuna il priva d'ogni conforto, onde la mente stolta s'adira e piange, e così in pena molta sempre convien che combattendo viva. |
Love consumes my heart, fortune deprives me of every confort: thus my foolish mind grows angry and weeps, and so in great pain always must I, fighting, live. |