Piagn' e sospira (Claudio Monteverdi)

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• CPDL #28172:  Capella

Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2013-01-29).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 92 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Mensural notation, original note values and key signature, clefs modernized, musica ficta clearly marked

• CPDL #17356:  Finale 2006

Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2008-06-27).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 94 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: File Sizes: MIDI: 9 KB, Finale 2006: 38 KB

General Information

Title: Piagn' e sospira
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Il quarto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, Venice, 1603

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• English translation by Charles Marshall

Original text and translations

Italian text Piagn’ e sospira; e quand’ i caldi raggi fuggon le gregi a la dolc’ ombr’ assise, ne la scorza de’ pini o pur de’ faggi segnò l'amato nome in mille guise; e de la sua fortuna i gravi oltraggi e i vari casi in dura scorza incise; e in rilegendo poi le proprie note spargea di pianto le vermiglie gote.

English translation She weeps and sighs; and when the sheep abandon the warm rays, resting in the gentle shade, on the bark of pines or beeches she wrote the beloved name in a thousand ways; and carved in hard bark the deep offenses and the many twists of her fortune; and then, reading her own messages again she watered his vermilion cheeks with tears.

Czech translation Plakala a vzdychala: a když horké paprsky vyhnaly stáda do sladké stínu náruče, do kůry borové a na kmeny dubů značila natisíckrát to milované jméno. a nešťastný svůj osud a krutá ponížení od štěstěny do tvrdé kůry vyryla. A pak, když si své zprávy znovu přečetla, Vzlykajíc zmáčela znovu svá rudá líčka.