Gravi pene in amor (Jacques Arcadelt)
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- Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2015-01-08). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 80 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
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Title: Gravi pene in amor
Composer: Jacques Arcadelt
Lyricist: Ludovico Ariosto in Orlando furioso, canto 16 ottava 1
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1559 in Il primo libro di madrigali d'Archadelt à 3 voci (Gardano press, Venice)
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Gravi pene in amor si provan molte,
di che provat'io n'ho la maggior parte
et quell' in danno mio si ben raccolte
ch'io ne posso ragionar come per arte
pero s'io dico et ho dett'altre volte
et quand'in voce, et quand'in vive carte,
ch'un mal sia leve, un' altro acerb'e fero,
date credenz'al mio giuditio vero.
English translation
Love's penalties are manifold and dread:
Of which I have endured the greater part,
And, to my cost, in these so well am read,
That I can speak of them as 'twere my art.
Hence if I say, or if I ever said,
Did speech or living page my thoughts impart
One ill is grievous and another light.
Yield me belief, and deem my judgment right.
- translated by William Rose (1775-1843)