Io son di neve al sol (Giovanni de Macque)

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(Posted 2025-04-18) CPDL #84538:

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2025-04-18). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 116 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down a minor third because of the chiavette used.

(Posted 2025-04-18) CPDL #84537:

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2025-04-18). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 115 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original pitch.

General Information

Title: Io son di neve al sol
Composer: Giovanni de Macque
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1583 in De floridi virtuosi d'Italia libro primo (ed. Angelo Barbato), Edition 1, no. 19
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Io son di neve al sol, di cera al foco,
Che se l’un mi disfa, l’altro m’accende,
Onde vo consumando a poco a poco,
Ch’Amor in caldo et fredd’humor mi rende.
Se tu, ben mio, non mi dai tempo e loco
Saldar la piaga ond’il mio duol dipende,
Per sì gravosa pena et infinita,
Tu perderai l’amante et io la vita.

German translation

Ich bin Schnee an der Sonne, Wachs im Feuer,
da eine mich auflöst, das andere mich verbrennt,
weshalb ich nach und nach vergehe,
weil Amor mich in heiße und kalte Zustände bringt.
Wenn du, Geliebte, mir nicht Zeit und Ort gibst,
die Wunde zu schließen, von der mein Leid abhängt,
dann wirst durch solch schwere und unendliche Pein
du den Liebsten verlieren und ich das Leben.

Translation by Gerhard Weydt

English translation

I am like snow in the sun, wax in the fire,
for one dissolves me, the other burns me,
whence I consume myself by and by,
because Amor puts me in hot and cold moods.
If you, my beloved, don’t allow me time and place
to close the wound that causes my woe,
then by such heavy and infinite pain
you will lose your lover, and I will lose my life.