Interrotte speranze (Claudio Monteverdi)

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Editor: Björn Sothmann (submitted 2009-05-06).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 275 kB   Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported
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General Information

Title: Interrotte speranze
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: TT

Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: Basso continuo

Published: 1619

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Interrotte speranze, eterna fede,
fiamme e strali possenti in debil core;
nutrir sol di sospir un fero ardore
e celar il suo mal quand’altri il vede;

seguir di vago e fuggitivo piede
l’orme rivolte a volontario errore;
perder del seme sparso e’l frutto e’l fiore
e la sperata al gran languir mercede;

far d’uno sguardo sol legge ai pensieri
e d’un casto voler freno al desìo,
e spender lacrimando i lustri interi:

questi ch’a voi, quasi gran fasci invio,
donna crudel, d’aspri tormenti e fieri,
saranno i trofei vostri e’l rogo mio.

English.png English translation

Broken hope, eternal faith,
powerful flames and rays in the weak heart;
with just one sigh nourish the fervant ardour
and hide your weakness from others;

follow from the wandering, fugitive foot
the tracks that lead towards willful erring;
lose from the widespread seed both fruit and flower
and the expected mercy from the great anguish;

from just one look dictate the laws of thought
and with chaste resolution stifle the desire,
and tears shall flow for lustrums;

I send you a large bunch
of harsh and dire torments, cruel lady,
that shall be your trophy and my damnation.