Quel 'no' crudel che la mia speme ancise (Carlo Gesualdo)
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- Editor: Vincent Carpentier (submitted 2003-07-28). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 400 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: revised May 28, 2004.
- Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Wrong title. Minor text mistakes See the discussion page for full description.
General Information
Title: Quel 'no' crudel che la mia speme ancise
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
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External website(s):
- Facsimile: Partitvra delli sei libri de’ Madrigali a cinqve voci — Madrigals Books I – VI (Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni, 1613) – large download, 70 MB, 492pp
Original text and translations
Italian text
Quel ‘no’ crudel che la mia speme ancise
Ecco che pur trafitto
Da mille baci di mia bocca ultrice,
Qual fiera serpe in mezzo ai fiori essangue,
Tra quelle belle labbra a morte langue.
O vittoria felice! In quel vago rossor
Gli amanti scritto leggan:
«Di quel bel volto ha vinto Amore.»
Amor vince ogni core.
German translation
Jenes grausame 'Nein', das meine Hoffnung zerstört
Es ist jetzt durchbohrt
von tausend Küssen meines rächenden Mundes,
einer zwischen Blumen verblutenden wilden Schlange
Auf diesen schönen Lippen liegt es sterbend
Oh glücklicher Sieg! In jener zarten Röte
mögen die Liebenden lesen:
„Von diesem schönen Antlitz wurde Amor besiegt.“
Amor besiegt jedes Herz.