Che fai, Dori, che pensi? (Orazio Vecchi)

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• CPDL #1305: Finale 2000

Editor: Claudio Macchi (submitted 2000-08-29).   Score information: 36 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

CPDL #19151:  Tablature with transciption  MusiXTex

Editor: Christian Mondrup (submitted 2009-04-02).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 3 pages, 55k kB   Copyright: Non-commercial

Edition notes: With lute tablature plus keyboard transcription of the tablature

General Information

Title: Che fai, Dori, che pensi?
Composer: Orazio Vecchi

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1590

Description:

External websites: facsimiles published by The Royal Library, Copenhagen

Original text and translations

Italian text

Che fai, Dori, che pensi?
Avrò mai pace,
Pace e letizia avrai.
Deh! Dimmi l’hora
Quando vedrai dal ciel
scender l’aurora.

Che fai, Dori, che parti?
Avrò mai tregua?
Tregua e conforto avrai.
Deh! Dimmi il punto
Quando Febo da noi
Sar’ disgiunto.

Fugga dunque la luce, e’l biond’Apollo
Tosto i bei raggi asconda, e vien tu sera
Vientene via volando anzi ch’io pera.

English translation by Mick Swithinbank

What are you doing, Doris, what are you thinking? Shall I never know peace?
You shall have peace - and joy.
Alas, when shall that be?
When you see Dawn descend from the sky.

What are you doing, Doris, what are you thinking?
Shall I never have any respite?
You shall have respite - and comfort.
Alas, when shall that be?
When Phoebus departs from us.

Then let the light be gone, and golden-haired Apollo:
hide soon the resplendent rays, and come, evening,
come, fly away before I perish.