O voi che sospirate (Luca Marenzio)
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- CPDL #32680: Sibelius 5
- Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2014-08-12). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 42 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: O voi che sospirate
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1584
Description: A 5 part madrigal from the composer's "Libro 2"
External websites: The source on IMSLP.
Original text and translations
Italian text
O voi che sospirate a miglior' note[1]
ch'ascoltate d'Amore, o dite in rime,
pregate non mi sia più sorda Morte,
porto de le miserie et fin del pianto;
muti una volta quel suo antiquo stile,
ch'ogni uom attrista, et me può far sí lieto.
- [1] Some sources give notti (nights) instead of note (notes)
English translation
Oh you who sigh for better notes[1]
than you hear from Love, or speak in rhyme,
pray that Death may no longer be deaf to me,
the harbour of miseries, and the end to weeping;
let it change for once its old style,
that makes every man sad, and can make me so happy.