Lasso perche mi fuggi (Girolamo Belli)

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  • (Posted 2020-07-27)  CPDL #59905:       
Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2020-07-27).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 295 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Lasso perche mi fuggi
Composer: Girolamo Belli
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1584 in I furti amorosi, no. 12
Description: Parts of the lyrics are "stolen" from Giovanni Battista Guarini's "Lasso, perche mi fuggi".(Madrigali 61)
The music for "Cara la vita mia" is "stolen" from Giaches de Wert's madrigal " Cara la mia vita"

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Original text and translations

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Lasso perche mi fuggi,
Cara la vita mia s'hai pur desio,
Ch'io rest'in vita,
e che vivend'io mora,
Tu sei pur il cor mio,
Ma sel fuggir m'accora,
Perche cosi mi struggi,
Ahi che non può morir ch'e senza core,
Ne giova saettar un che si more.