O voi che sospirate (Luca Marenzio)

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Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2014-08-12).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 42 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: O voi che sospirate
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: SecularMadrigal

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.png 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.png 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.