Sì come crescon (Claudio Monteverdi)

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General Information

Title: Sì come crescon
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SSA
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1584 in Canzonette a tre voci, no. 18
Description: 

Original text and translations

Italian text 1  Si come crescon alla terra i fiori Così a voi la bellezza o mio tesoro E a me'l foco ond'io mi struggo e moro. 2  Si come or cresce agli augelli il canto Così a voi la virtude o mia speranza E a me un dolor tal ch'ogn'altro avanza. 3  Si come or crescon anci agli arborscelli La frondi, così a voi dolce mia vita Leggiadria ed a me pena infinita. 4  Ma si come tra fronde e fior, e canti Cangiansi in frutti, così in gran pietade Cangiate ancor voi donna la beltade.

English translation 1  Like the flowers grow on the ground Alike grows beauty on you, my darling And alike on me the fire from which I pine away and die. 2  Like now the song of birds grows Alike in you grows virtue, my hope And in me such a pain that goes over every other. 4  But alike in the foliage the flowers and songs Change into fruits, alike into great pity You change your beauty again, woman.