Qual fora, donna (Carlo Gesualdo)
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CPDL #19162: [ Sibelius 5]
- Editor: Daniel Harmer (submitted 2009-04-04). Score information: Letter, 4 pages Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Sibelius file is zipped.
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Title: Qual fora, donna
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1613
Description: Book 5 Madrigals, No. 6
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Qual fora, donna, un dolce oimè d'Amore
Se quell'oimè che da voi tragge, ahi lasso,
Lieve dolor così m'incende il core?
Misero, a ciascun passo
Vo desiando, e so ch'indarno il bramo,
Che un dì col cor diciate: 'oimè ch'io t'amo'.
English translation
by Mick Swithinbank
What purpose, lady, does a sweet sigh of love serve
if the sigh which it draws from you, alas,
so inflames my heart with welcome pain?
Wretch that I am, at each step that I take
I am filled with desire, and know it is in vain for me to hope
that one day you will say with all your heart: 'Alas how I love you'.