Io felice sarei (Giovanni Piccioni)

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  • (Posted 2025-05-08)  CPDL #84821: 
Original high clefs:       Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 89 kB   
Transposed down a 4th:     Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 89 kB   
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2025-05-08).   Copyright: CC BY NC
Edition notes: Source files may be found on my github (linked from my CPDL profile).
  • (Posted 2021-03-11)  CPDL #63434:       
Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2021-03-11).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 316 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

General Information

Title: Io felice sarei
Composer: Giovanni Piccioni
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1596 in Il quarto libro de madrigali à cinque voci (Giovanni Piccioni), no. 7
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Io felice sarei,
se gli occhi ond'io sempre ardo,
potessi rimirar quanto vorrei.
O bell'occhi d'amore,
onde uscir vidi il dardo
che fieramente mi trafisse il core:
la ferita è mortale,
né perciò 'l mio destino acerbo e rio
acqueta 'l mio desio
di mirar voi, cagion d'ogni mio male.

English.png English translation

I would be happy,
if [upon] the eyes, for which I always burn,
I could gaze as much as I wish.
O beautiful eyes of love,
from whence I saw the dart launch
that cruelly pierced my heart:
the wound is mortal,
yet my harsh and wicked fate
does not still my desire
to gaze upon you, cause of all my pains.

Translation by Allen Garvin