Dear, if you wish (Thomas Bateson)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-03-12). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 97 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format. Revised files uploaded 29/01/19.
General Information
Title: Dear, if you wish
Composer: Thomas Bateson
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSAATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1598 in The First Set of English Madrigals to 3-6 voices, no. 23
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Original text and translations
English text
Dear, if you wish my dying,
In vain your wish redounds, in vain your prayer.
For can he die that breathes not vital air?
Then with those eyes that slew me,
New life infusing, renew me;
So shall we both obtain our wishèd pleasure,
You my death joying, and I my life’s sweet treasure.