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Piagn' e sospira (Claudio Monteverdi)

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Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2008-06-27).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 94 kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: File Sizes: MIDI: 9 KB, Finale 2006: 38 KB

General Information

Title: Piagn' e sospira
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: From Libro IV.

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text
Piagn’ e sospira; e quand’ i caldi raggi
fuggon le gregi a la dolc’ ombr’ assise,
ne la scorza de’ pini o pur de’ faggi
segnò l'amato nome in mille guise;
e de la sua fortuna i gravi oltraggi
e i vari casi in dura scorza incise;

e in rilegendo poi le proprie note
spargea di pianto le vermiglie gote.

English.png English translation
She weeps and sighs; and when the sheep abandon
the warm rays, resting in the gentle shade,
on the bark of pines or beeches
she wrote the beloved name in a thousand ways;
and carved in hard bark the deep offenses
and the many twists of her fortune;

and then, reading her own messages again
she watered his vermilion cheeks with tears.

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