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''by [[User:Mick Swithinbank|Mick Swithinbank]]<br> | |||
<poem>If, lady, you take pleasure in my pain, | |||
I can live no longer: give me death. | |||
For if a happier fate were mine, | |||
this might not be the end-point of my life. | |||
But take heed of what I say | |||
– fearing for your good repute – | |||
when I am gone, people will report: | |||
a damsel with no sense at all of mercy | |||
slew a man for worshipping her beauty. | |||
</poem> | |||
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Revision as of 07:57, 24 September 2014
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- CPDL #33009:
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2014-09-23). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 74 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from 1558 Gardano print. Original pitch and note-values.
General Information
Title: Se vi piace signora
Composer: Jacques Arcadelt
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1539, Il primo libro de' madrigali a 4 voci
Description:
External websites:
Original text and translations
Italian text
Se vi piace signora il mio dolore,
Io non vo viver più, datemi morte.
Ché con più lieta sorte
Non si potrien' i giorni miei finire.
Ma io vi vo ben dire,
Sol per onor di voi,
Che si dirà da poi
Una gioven nimica di pietade
Uccise un ch'adorò la sua beltade.
English translation
by Mick Swithinbank
If, lady, you take pleasure in my pain,
I can live no longer: give me death.
For if a happier fate were mine,
this might not be the end-point of my life.
But take heed of what I say
– fearing for your good repute –
when I am gone, people will report:
a damsel with no sense at all of mercy
slew a man for worshipping her beauty.