Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605)
Music source: Madrigali a6 voci, libro primo (Angelo Gardano press, Venice, 1583)
| Original Italian | Translation |
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Tu dolce anima mia alla tua dipartita teco portasti il cor'e la mia vita. Ond'io, come si sia non so, qui mi rimasi a pianger sempre e strugger l'alma in amorose tempre. |
You, my sweet soul, at your departure took my heart and my life with you. Thus I, I know not why it be, here I have been left always weeping and my soul dissolves in the pains of love. |