O voi che sospirate (Luca Marenzio)

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CPDL #32680:    Sibelius 5 

Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2014-08-12).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 42 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: O voi che sospirate
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1584

Description: A 5 part madrigal from the composer's "Libro 2"

External websites: The source on IMSLP.

Original text and translations

Italian text

O voi che sospirate a miglior' notti,
ch'ascoltate d'Amore o dite in rime,
pregate non mi sia piú sorda Morte,
porto de le miserie et fin del pianto;
muti una volta quel suo antiquo stile,
ch'ogni uom attrista, et me pò far sí lieto.

English translation

Oh you who sigh for better nights,
who hear about Love or speak of him in rhyme,
pray he'll stop being deaf to me, O Death,
escape from misery and end to weeping:
pray that he'll change this time his usual style,
that makes men sad, and might make me happy.