Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Andrea Gabrieli (c.1532-1585)
Music source: Il secondo libro de madrigali a6 voci (Angelo Gardano press, Venice, 1580)
| Original Italian | Translation |
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Come vuoi tu ch'io viva, se m'uccidi, e come vuoi ch'io mora, se mi dai vita ancora? Tra due mi tieni, onde tra morte e vita: vivendo moro e non vivend'ho vita. |
How do you wish that I would live, if you kill me, and how do you wish that I would die, if you still give me life? Between these two thus you hold me, twixt death and life: In living, I die, but in not living, I have life. |