O tenebroso giorno (Carlo Gesualdo)

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• CPDL #19317:  [ Sibelius 5]

Editor: Daniel Harmer (submitted 2009-04-20).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 44 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Sibelius file is zipped.

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Title: O tenebroso giorno
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1613

Description: Book 5 Madrigals, No. 19

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Original text and translations

Italian text

O tenebroso giorno,
Infelice mio stato,
O mio cor tristo, solo a pianger nato!
Quando lieto ritorno
Farai dinanzi a quella
Che è più d'ogni altra bella,
Più leggiadra e più vaga,
Che con suoi sguardi morte e vita appaga?

English translation by Mick Swithinbank

Oh dark day,
unhappy is my state:
My sad heart, born only to weep!
When will you happily return to her
who is more beautiful than any other,
more graceful and more charming,
and who with her glances pours balm on both death and life?