Ardo, sì, ma non t'amo

General Information

Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 – 1612)
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)

Settings by composers

Lelio Bertani (1st verse only) Giovanni Cavaccio (1st verse only) Gasparo Costa (1st verse only) Georg Florius (1st verse only) Johannes de Fossa) (1st verse only) Hans Leo Hassler (1st and 2nd verse) Marco Antonio Ingegneri (1st verse only) Ferdinand di Lasso (1st verse only) Orlando di Lasso Orlando di Lasso (1st verse only) Orlando di Lasso (2nd version) (1st verse only) Rudolph di Lasso(1st verse only)

Leonhard Lechner (1st verse only) Paolo Masnelli (1st verse only) Philippe de Monte (1st verse only) Claudio Monteverdi 1st verse, 2nd verse, 3rd verse Bernardino Mosto (1st verse only) Constanzo Porta (1st verse only) Jacob Regnart (1st verse only) Francesco Rovigo (1st verse only) Francesco Rovigo (1st verse only)(2nd version) Michele Varotto (1st verse only)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Hans Leo Hassler — Ardo, sì, ma non t'amo - Ardi e gela à tua voglia
• Orazio Vecchi — Ardo sì ma non t'amo

Text and translations

Italian text 1  Ardo sì ma non t'amo Perfida e dispietata, Indegnamente amata Da un si leale amante. Ne sarà più che del mio duol ti vante Perch’ho già sano il core E s’ardo, ardo di sdegn’ e non d’amore. Riposta 2  Ardi e gela a tua voglia Perfido et impudico Hor amante, hor nemico Che d’inconstante ingegno Poco l’amor i’stimo, e men lo sdegno E se l’amor fu vano Van fia lo sdegno del tuo cor insano. Contrariposta 3  Arsi ed alsi mia voglia, Leal non impudico, Amante non nemico, E s'al tuo lieve ingegno Poco cale d'amor e men lo sdegno Sdegn'e amor farà vano L'altiero suon del tuo parlar insano.

German translation 1  Ich brenne, ja, aber ich liebe dich nicht, Heimtückische und Unbarmherzige, Von einem solch treuen Liebenden Unwürdig geliebte. Du wirst dich nicht weiter meines Schmerzes brüsten, Denn mein Herz ist bereits gesund, Und wenn ich brenne, Brenne ich aus Zorn und nicht aus Liebe. Riposta 2  Brenne und Erfriere nach Belieben, Heimtückischer und Unverschämter, Bald Liebender, bald Feind Von unbeständigem Sinn, Gering schätze ich die Liebe und noch geringer den Zorn, Und wenn die Liebe leer war, Wird der Zorn deines kranken Herzens auch leer sein. Translation by Peter Rottländer English translation 1  I burn, but love thee not, False one! and cruel too — More worthy far to be forgot, Than loved by one so true, No more my grief thy boast shall prove Nor my heart bleed anew. I burn — but 'tis with Rage not Love! Translation by Richard Henry Wilde