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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Quel dolce suono e quel soave canto ch'Amor mi diede, ohimè! morte ha converso in tristi accenti e in doloroso pianto. Ahi stelle! ahi duro fato! ahi sorte ria! chi sia, lasso, chi sia ch'in così acerbo duol pur mi conforte, se non la stessa morte? E di speme per lei nulla m'avanza poiché morte m'ha tolto ogni speranza. |
That sweet sound and that gentle song that love granted me, Alas! Death has pronounced in sad tones and in sorrowful weeping. Ah, stars above! Ah hard fate! Ah wicked destiny! who is it, alas, who would it be then that, in such bitter sorrow, would comfort me, if not that same death? And in hope for her nothing comes to me because death has stricken every hope. |