Baci soavi e cari (Claudio Monteverdi)

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General Information

Title: Baci soavi e cari
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Battista Guarini

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1587 in Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (Claudio Monteverdi), no. 5
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Baci soavi e cari,
cibi della mia vita,
ch'or m'involate or mi rendete il core:
per voi convien ch'impari
come un'alma rapita
non senta il duol di mort'e pur si more.
Quant'ha di dolce amore,
perché sempr'io vi baci,
o dolcissime rose,
in voi tutto ripose;
e s'io potessi ai vostri dolci baci
la mia vita finire,
o che dolce morire!

English.png English translation

Kissing you—
my life’s food—
takes me away, brings me back,
teaches me
how to die
with no pain, no sorrow.
Whatever is
sweet in love
lingers here
every time.
I’ll kiss my days away
on those lips—
a sweet end!
Translation by Nicholas Jones
Please credit
Nicholas Jones, A Poetry Precise and Free (University of Michigan Press, 2017)