Or, che in gioia (Carlo Gesualdo)

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Editor: Vincent Carpentier (submitted 2004-06-15).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 87 kB   Copyright: Personal
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General Information

Title: Or, che in gioia
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB

Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Il Quatro Libro di Madrigali - 1596

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Or che in gioia credea viver contento
m'apre la gioia il seno,
fuggesi l’alma e’l cor, oimè, vien meno.

O sempre crudo Amore,
nella gioia non men che nel dolore,
tu sempre, o peni il core, o pur gioisca,
fai ch’amando languisca.

English.png English translation

Now when in joy I thought to live content
joy breaches my breast
my soul and heart flee, ah alas! I faint.

Oh ever cruel Love,
in joy as in sorrow,
You ever bringing woe to the heart, or happiness,
you make me languish loving.