Gravi pene in amor

General information

Author: Ludovico Ariosto, 1516 in Orlando Furioso. Canto XVI, ottava 1

Notes on selected settings

• Jacques Arcadelt STB
• Gioan Paien SA
• Marco Antonio de Pordenon SATTB
• Cipriano de Rore STT
• Alessandro Striggio AAAT

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Jacques Arcadelt — Gravi pene in amor  Italian STB
• Gioan Paien — Gravi pene in amor  Italian SA
• Marco Antonio de Pordenon — Gravi pene in amor  Italian SATTB
• Cipriano de Rore — Grave pene in Amor  Italian STT
• Alessandro Striggio — Gravi pene in amor si provan molte  Italian AAAT

Text and translations

Italian text Gravi pene in amor si provan molte, di che provat'io n'ho la maggior parte et quell' in danno mio si ben raccolte ch'io ne posso ragionar come per arte pero s'io dico et ho dett'altre volte et quand'in voce, et quand'in vive carte, ch'un mal sia leve, un' altro acerb'e fero, date credenz'al mio giuditio vero.

English translation Love's penalties are manifold and dread: Of which I have endured the greater part, And, to my cost, in these so well am read, That I can speak of them as 'twere my art. Hence if I say, or if I ever said, Did speech or living page my thoughts impart One ill is grievous and another light. Yield me belief, and deem my judgment right. Translation by William Stewart Rose