Alma afflitta

General information

Lyricist: Giambattista Marino (La Lira, seconda parte, madr. 111)

Settings by composers

• Antonio Cifra SSATB
• Claudio Saracini S
• Heinrich Schütz SATTB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Scipione Dentice — Alma afflita che fai?

Texts and Translations

Italian text Alma afflitta che fai? Chi ti darà più vita, Se colei, per cui vivi,oggi è partita? Ahi, son ben folle, e cieco Con l'alma a ragionar, che non e meco.

English translation Afflicted soul, what will you do, Who will give you life and more, If she, for whom you live, Today is gone? Ah, I am really mad and blind, To reason with the soul, Which is no longer mine. Translation by James Gibb

French translation Ame affligée, que fais tu, qui te donnera plus de vie si celle pour qui tu vivais est maintenant partie ? Ah, je suis bien fou et aveugle de raisonner avec l'âme qui ne m'appartient plus.