Non sospirar, Pastor (Giaches de Wert)

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  • (Posted 2015-01-01)  CPDL #34011:       
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2015-01-01).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 110 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
Edition notes: Parts and source available on IMSLP.

General Information

Title: Non sospirar, Pastor
Composer: Giaches de Wert
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1586 in L'ottavo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 12
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Non sospirar, pastor, non lagrimare:
Queste lagrime amare
che spargi da' tuoi lumi
non spegneran scintilla dell’ardore,
ove ognor ti consumi:
Ché s’amor dalle fiamme del tuo core
può trarre umor e venti,
trarrà dal pianto ancor faville ardenti.

English.png English translation

Do not sigh, shepherd, do not weep:
these bitter tears
that you shed from your eyes
do not douse the blaze of passion,
wherein every moment you waste away:
For if love, from the flames of your heart,
can draw moisture and winds,
it will also draw burning sparks from your tears.

Translation by Allen Garvin