Ohimè dove il mio ben (Claudio Monteverdi)

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Editor: Björn Sothmann (submitted 2009-05-06).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 444 kB   Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported

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Title: Ohimè dove il mio ben
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Bernardo Tasso

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: SS

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: Basso continuo
Published: 1619

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Italian text Ohimè dov'è il mio ben, dov'è il mio core? Chi m'asconde il mio ben, e chi m'el toglie? Dunque ha potuto sol desio d'honore darmi fera cagion di tante doglie? Dunque han potuto in me, più che il mio amore, ambiziose e troppo lievi voglie? Ahi sciocco mondo e cieco! Ahi cruda sorte, che ministro mi fai della mia morte!

English translation Alas! Where is my beloved, where is my heart? Who has concealed my love and taken her away? Can it be that love of honour should bring me such grief ? Can it be that ambition and vainglory have prevailed more than love? Alas, foolish, blind world! Alas, cruel fate that has made me minister of my own death!