Quanto ha di dolce amore (Carlo Gesualdo)
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CPDL #16489: Finale-2008
- Editor: Carlos Augusto P. Mourão (added 2008-03-31) Score information: A4, 4 pages Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Finale file is zipped. Edition by Daniel Harmer: "The time signature varies through 4/4, and 4/2. This made it virtually impossible to use with parts. The time signature is now 4/4 throughout.. No other changes were made."
General Information
Title: Quanto ha di dolce amore (Seconda Parte)
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Il Primo Libro di Madrigali - 1594
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Quanto ha di dolce Amore.
Perchè sempre io vi baci,
O dolcissime rose,
In voi tutto ripose.
Deh, deh, s'io potessi
ai vostri dolci baci
La mia vita finire,
O che dolce morire!
English translation
by Mick Swithinbank
How much sweetness there is in Love!
So that I would constantly kiss you,
sweetest roses,
Love gave you everything.
Alas, if only
in the midst of your sweet kisses
I could end my life,
what a sweet death that would be.
(Whether my interpretation is correct partly depends on whether my suggested punctuation is.)