Quando penso (Andrea Gabrieli)

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• (Posted 2014-08-16)  CPDL #32714:        (Finale 2004)

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2014-08-16).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 139 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: No text underlay on source files.

General Information

Title: Quando penso
Composer: Andrea Gabrieli
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1566 in Il primo libro de madrigali a 5 voci
Description: 

Original text and translations

Italian text Quando penso a quel loco, Ove~amor con begli occh' il cor m'aperse. Con dolce parolette uniche terse Indi n'acquisto un si gioioso gioco Che fin ch'i giorni miei, Meco vivran i' sarò sempr' in foco Desioso sol di rino varm' in lei, Et già che tante pene in se sofferse Hor goda che la dolce rimembranza Con nobil sua creanza, Può farmi in tutto lieto et cosi intento Ch'in lei mi mora, e in lei viva contento.

English translation When I think of that place where with her beauteous eyes love opened my heart, with sweet words caressed it, whence I acquired a so joyous pastime that until the end of my days, I shall always burn, desirous only of renewing myself in her; and already, though suffering so painfully, I take pleasure in the sweet memory of her noble manner which can make me completely happy and can so absorb me, that I die in her alone, in her I live contented.