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Deh coprite il bel seno (Carlo Gesualdo)
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= HELP- CPDL #19703: Sibelius 5
- Editor: Daniel Harmer (submitted 2009-06-28). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 40 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Gesualdo Madrigal Book 5, No. 16. 1613 Edition. Sibelius file is zipped.
- CPDL #1296: Finale 2000
- Editor: Claudio Macchi (submitted 2000-08-29). Score information: 104 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Finale file is zipped. Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Minor text mistakes
General Information
Title: Deh, coprite il bel seno
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 5th Book of Madrigals
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Deh, coprite il bel seno,
Che per troppo mirar l’alma vien meno!
Ahi! no'l coprite, no, che l’alma avezza
A viver di dolcezza
Spera, mirando, aita
Da quel bel sen che le dà morte e vita.
English translation
by Mick Swithinbank
I beg you, hide your lovely breasts:
it makes me faint to look too much upon them.
Alas, no, do not hide them: let me become accustomed
to enjoy such sweet sensations.
As I look at them, I hope for succour
from within that bosom which means
both death and life to me.
