Poet/poetic source: Angelo Grillo (1557-1629)
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Benedetto Pallavicino (c.1551-1601)
Music source: Il quarto libro de madrigali a 5 voci (Angelo Gardano press, Venice, 1588)
| Original Italian | Translation |
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Perfida, pur potesti negarmi ancor in sull'estremo aita, non dando fede a l'aspra mia ferita? Or godi di mia morte, ch'io spero, ignudo spirto, aver in sorte di tormentar quel dispietato core, che non ebbe pietà del mio dolore. |
O perfidious one, could you truly deny my succor in my final hour, unbelieving in my mortal wound? Revel now in my death, for I hope, as a naked spirit, to be fated to torment that pitiless heart, which had not pity for my suffering. |