Deh coprite il bel seno (Carlo Gesualdo)

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• CPDL #19703:  [ Sibelius 5]

Editor: Daniel Harmer (submitted 2009-06-28).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 40 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Gesualdo Madrigal Book 5, No. 16. 1613 Edition. Sibelius file is zipped.

• CPDL #01296:    Finale 2000 

Editor: Claudio Macchi (submitted 2000-08-29).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 96 kB   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

<poem>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.