Dolce mia fiamma (Luzzasco Luzzaschi)

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  • (Posted 2024-12-29)  CPDL #83232:        (LilyPond)
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2024-12-29).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 72 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
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General Information

Title: Dolce mia fiamma
Composer: Luzzasco Luzzaschi
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1594 in Il quarto libro de madrigali a 5 voci (Luzzasco Luzzaschi), no. 11
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Dolce mia fiamma, dolce
mia pena e mio tormento,
dolce il languir, dolce il martir ch'io sento,
dolci sono i tuoi raggi e le faville;
e mentre a mill'a mille
passano in questo core,
dico: «s'egli si more,
il suo morir non prezza,
né morrà per dolor, ma per dolcezza.»

English.png English translation

My sweet flame, my sweet
pain and my torment,
sweet the languishing, sweet the suffering I feel,
sweet are your rays and your sparks;
and while by the thousandfold
they enter this heart,
I say: 'If it die,
its death is of no account,
for it shall perish not for sorrow, but for sweetness.'

Translation by Allen Garvin