In drucke moet ick sterven (Anonymous)
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- CPDL #08317: LilyPond
- Editor: Anders Stenberg (submitted 2004-10-22). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 64 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Score revised November 29, 2004.
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Title: In drucke moet ick sterven
Composer: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: STTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Dutch
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
Dutch text
In drucke moet ik sterven,
Derven doet mij de doot.
Venus wilt my bederven
Met haren strale groot.
Noit schicht so snel en schoot
Dan myn liefs mondeken root.
Mach ick gheen troest verwerven,
Sterven moet ick die doot.
English translation
In sorrow I must die,
Losing everything through Death.
Venus is trying to destroy me
With her long arrow.
Never before a dart was shot so swiftly
Than by my darling’s rosy lips.
If I don’t gain comfort
Then I just have to die.