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==Music files (12 editions)==
==Music files (12 editions)==
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*[[Image:NewScore.gif]] '''CPDL #10735:''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/0/09/TUMS_Come_Again_1_0.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [[Media:TUMS_Busking_Book_1_0.sib|Sibelius 3]].<br>
*'''CPDL #10735:''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/0/09/TUMS_Come_Again_1_0.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [[Media:TUMS_Busking_Book_1_0.sib|Sibelius 3]].<br>
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Philip Legge|Philip Legge]] ''(added 2006-01-15)''.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Score information:''' A4, 3 pages, 116 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Copyright:''' [[ChoralWiki:CPDL|2006 Philip Legge]]
{{Editor|Philip Legge|2006-01-15}}'''Score information:''' A4, 3 pages, 116 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Copyright:''' [[ChoralWiki:CPDL|2006 Philip Legge]]
:'''Edition notes:''' Included in the [[TUMS Busking Book]].
:'''Edition notes:''' Included in the [[TUMS Busking Book]].


*'''CPDL #9206:''' [http://www.ciaran.esmartmusic.com/ http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://www.xprt.net/~vox/Music/Music.html http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] [http://www.xprt.net/~vox/Music/Music.html NOTEWORTHY COMPOSER]<br>
*'''CPDL #9206:''' [http://www.xprt.net/~vox/Music/Music.html http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d7/Network.png] MIDI and NOTEWORTHY COMPOSER files available.<br>
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:Brian Russell|Brian Russell]] <i>(added 2005-08-30)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>Letter&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]<br>
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:Brian Russell|Brian Russell]] <i>(added 2005-08-30)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>Letter&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]<br>
:'''Edition notes:'''
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*<b>CPDL #7787:</b> [http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/dow-com1.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sound/dow-com1.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] [http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/source/dow-com1.mus Finale-2001].<br>
*'''CPDL #7787:''' [http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/dow-com1.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sound/dow-com1.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] [http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/source/dow-com1.mus Finale-2001].<br>
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:Suzi Nassen Stefl|Suzi Nassen Stefl]] <i>(added 2004-08-20)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>Letter, 1 pages, 96 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:CPDL|CPDL]]<br>
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Suzi Nassen Stefl|Suzi Nassen Stefl]] <i>(added 2004-08-20)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>Letter, 1 pages, 96 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:CPDL|CPDL]]<br>
:'''Edition notes:'''
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*<b>CPDL #7446:</b> [http://www.solovoces.com/partituras.html http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] .<br>
*<b>CPDL #7446:</b> [http://www.solovoces.com/partituras.html http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d7/Network.png] PDF file available.<br>
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:Fernando G&oacute;mez J&aacute;come|Fernando G&oacute;mez J&aacute;come]] <i>(added 2004-07-03)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>A4, 2 pages,  kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]<br>
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Fernando G&oacute;mez J&aacute;come|Fernando G&oacute;mez J&aacute;come]] <i>(added 2004-07-03)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>A4, 2 pages,  kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]<br>
:'''Edition notes:'''
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*<b>CPDL #6743:</b> [http://www.chorusrehearsal.com/partsongs/partsongs.cgi#madrigal Scorch] [http://www.chorusrehearsal.com/partsongs/partsongs.cgi#madrigal http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] [http://www.chorusrehearsal.com/partsongs/partsongs.cgi#madrigal Sibelius 2].<br>
*<b>CPDL #6743:</b> [http://www.chorusrehearsal.com/partsongs/partsongs.cgi#madrigal http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d7/Network.png] Scorch, MIDI and Sibelius 2 files available.<br>
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:John D. Smith|John D. Smith]] <i>(added 2004-02-20)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>A4, 2 pages,  kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]<br>
:'''Editor:''' [[User:John D. Smith|John D. Smith]] <i>(added 2004-02-20)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>A4, 2 pages,  kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]<br>
:'''Edition notes:''' Scores listed alphabetically by composer, some scores are also available as PDF files.
:'''Edition notes:''' Scores listed alphabetically by composer, some scores are also available as PDF files.


*<b>CPDL #5940:</b> [http://www.xs4all.nl/~bettina/Index.htm Scorch] [http://www.xs4all.nl/~bettina/Index.htm http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] [http://www.xs4all.nl/~bettina/Index.htm Sibelius 2].<br>
*<b>CPDL #5940:</b> [http://www.xs4all.nl/~bettina/Index.htm http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d7/Network.png] Scorch, MIDI and Sibelius 2 files available.<br>
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:Bettina Blokland|Bettina Blokland]] <i>(added 2003-11-06)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>A4, 2 pages,  kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> <br>
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Bettina Blokland|Bettina Blokland]] <i>(added 2003-11-06)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>A4, 2 pages,  kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> <br>
:'''Edition notes:''' Scorch plugin required. To view scores and midi files click on letter at bottom of page which matches composer's last name.
:'''Edition notes:''' arranged for SSAA. Scorch plugin required. To view scores and midi files click on letter at bottom of page which matches composer's last name.


*<b>CPDL #5484:</b> [http://icking-music-archive.org/ByComposer/Dowland.html http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://icking-music-archive.org/ByComposer/Dowland.html http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] [http://icking-music-archive.org/ByComposer/Dowland.html Capella 4].<br>
*<b>CPDL #5484:</b> [http://icking-music-archive.org/ByComposer/Dowland.html http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d7/Network.png] PDF, MIDI and Capella 4 files available.<br>
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:'''Editor:''' [[User:Ulrich Alpers|Ulrich Alpers]] <i>(added 2003-08-18)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>A4,  kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]<br>
:'''Edition notes:''' No. 17 from 'First Booke of Songes or Ayres'
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*<b>CPDL #3953:</b> [http://www.evatoller.pp.se/ http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://www.evatoller.pp.se/ http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] .<br>
*<b>CPDL #3953:</b> [http://www.evatoller.pp.se/ http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d7/Network.png] PDF and MIDI files available.<br>
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:Eva Toller|Eva Toller]] <i>(added 2002-08-28)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>A4, 2 pages,  kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]<br>
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:Eva Toller|Eva Toller]] <i>(added 2002-08-28)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>A4, 2 pages,  kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]<br>
:'''Edition notes:''' TTB version, 3vv, split choir version arranged by Eva Toller, midi files available for each part
:'''Edition notes:''' TTB version, 3vv, split choir version arranged by Eva Toller, midi files available for each part


*<b>CPDL #3952:</b> [http://www.evatoller.pp.se/ http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://www.evatoller.pp.se/ http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] .<br>
*<b>CPDL #3952:</b> [http://www.evatoller.pp.se/ http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d7/Network.png] PDF and MIDI files available.<br>
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:Eva Toller|Eva Toller]] <i>(added 2002-08-28)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>A4, 2 pages,  kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]<br>
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Eva Toller|Eva Toller]] <i>(added 2002-08-28)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>A4, 2 pages,  kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]<br>
:'''Edition notes:''' TTB&ndash;TTB, 6vv, split choir version arranged by Eva Toller, midi files available for each part
:'''Edition notes:''' TTB&ndash;TTB, 6vv, split choir version arranged by Eva Toller, midi files available for each part


*<b>CPDL #3869:</b> [http://www.cipoo.net/music_a.html http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://www.cipoo.net/music_a.html http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] [http://www.cipoo.net/music_a.html NOTEWORTHY COMPOSER].<br>
*<b>CPDL #3869:</b> [http://www.cipoo.net/music_a.html http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d7/Network.png] PDF, MIDI and NOTEWORTHY COMPOSER files available.<br>
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:Marco-cipoo.net|Marco-cipoo.net]] <i>(added 2002-07-23)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>A4, 2 pages,  kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]<br>
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Marco-cipoo.net|Marco-cipoo.net]] <i>(added 2002-07-23)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>A4, 2 pages,  kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]<br>
:'''Edition notes:''' listed alphabetically by composer
:'''Edition notes:''' listed alphabetically by composer


*<b>CPDL #2552:</b> [http://www.laymusic.org/music-publish.html http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://www.laymusic.org/music-publish.html http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] [http://www.laymusic.org/music-publish.html ABC].<br>
*<b>CPDL #2552:</b> [http://www.laymusic.org/music-publish.html http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d7/Network.png] PDF, MIDI and ABC files available.<br>
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:Laura Conrad|Laura Conrad]] <i>(added 2001-05-04)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b> kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:GnuGPL|GnuGPL]]<br>
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Laura Conrad|Laura Conrad]] <i>(added 2001-05-04)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b> kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:GnuGPL|GnuGPL]]<br>
:'''Edition notes:''' in partbook format
:'''Edition notes:''' in partbook format


*<b>CPDL #110:</b> [http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/dow-come.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sound/dow-come.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] [http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/source/dow-come.zip Finale-1998].<br>
*<b>CPDL #110:</b> [http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sheet/dow-come.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/sound/dow-come.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] [http://wso.williams.edu/cpdl/source/dow-come.zip Finale-1998].<br>
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:Rafael Ornes|Rafael Ornes]] <i>(added 1999-03-25)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>44 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:CPDL|CPDL]]<br>
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Rafael Ornes|Rafael Ornes]] <i>(added 1999-03-25)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>44 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:CPDL|CPDL]]<br>
:'''Edition notes:'''  
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==General Information==
==General Information==
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'''Composer:''' [[John Dowland]]<br>
'''Composer:''' [[John Dowland]]<br>


'''Number of voices:''' 4vv, 3vv, 6vv&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Voicing:''' SATB, TTB, TTB&ndash;TTB<br>
'''Number of voices:''' 4vv, 3vv, 6vv&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Voicing:''' SATB, SSAA, TTB, TTB&ndash;TTB<br>
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Secular music|Secular]], [[:Category:Madrigals|Madrigal]]<br>
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Secular music|Secular]], [[:Category:Madrigals|Madrigal]]<br>
'''Language:''' [[:Category:English texts|English]]<br>
'''Language:''' [[:Category:English texts|English]]<br>
'''Instruments:''' none, ''a cappella''<br>
'''Instruments:''' none, ''a cappella''<br>
'''Published:''' <br>
'''Published:''' 1597<br>


'''Description:''' <br>
'''Description:''' No XVII from ''First Booke of Songs or Ayres'' (1597)<br>


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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:Do tempt while she for triumphs laughs.
:Do tempt while she for triumphs laughs.


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{{Translation|Italian}}
*'''1.''' Ritorna! il dolce amore adesso invita
:Le tue grazie, riluttanti,
:A darmi il dovuto piacere,
:A vedere, ad ascoltare, a toccare, a baciare, a morire,
:Con te ancora nel più dolce cordoglio.
*'''2.''' Ritorna! ch'io possa fermare i miei lamenti
:Per il tuo brusco rifiuto;
:Poiché adesso, perduto e disperso
:Io siedo, sospiro, piango, svengo, muoio
:In mortale dolore e infinita miseria.
*'''3.''' Tutto il giorno il sole che mi porge splendore
:Con smorfie mi causa dolore
:E mi ritarda il cuore; 
:I suoi sorrisi, le fonti che accrescono la mia gioia,
:Il suo cipiglio, l'inverno del mio dolore.
*'''4.''' Tutta la notte i miei sogni sono pieni di sogni,
:I miei occhi di lacrime.
:Il mio cuore non trova gioia
:Nel vedere i frutti e le gioie che alcuni trovano
:E ricorda le tempeste a me destinate.
*'''5.''' Ma ahimé, la mia fede è sempre vera,
:Eppure lei non si pentirà
:Né mi concederà grazia;
:I suoi occhi son di fuoco, il suo cuore di pietra,
:Né lacrime né fedeltà li possono invadere.
*'''6.''' Gentile Amore, estrai il tuo dardo che ferisce,
:Ma non puoi trapassare il suo cuore;
:Poiché io posso provarti,
:Che con sospiri e lacrime più caldi delle tue frecce
:Lo tento, mentre lei ride di trionfo.
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Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2006-01-15).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 116 kbytes   Copyright: 2006 Philip Legge
Edition notes: Included in the TUMS Busking Book.
  • CPDL #9206: Network.png MIDI and NOTEWORTHY COMPOSER files available.
Editor: Brian Russell (added 2005-08-30).   Score information: Letter   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes:
Editor: Suzi Nassen Stefl (added 2004-08-20).   Score information: Letter, 1 pages, 96 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:
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Editor: Fernando Gómez Jácome (added 2004-07-03).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes:
  • CPDL #6743: Network.png Scorch, MIDI and Sibelius 2 files available.
Editor: John D. Smith (added 2004-02-20).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Scores listed alphabetically by composer, some scores are also available as PDF files.
  • CPDL #5940: Network.png Scorch, MIDI and Sibelius 2 files available.
Editor: Bettina Blokland (added 2003-11-06).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, kbytes   Copyright:
Edition notes: arranged for SSAA. Scorch plugin required. To view scores and midi files click on letter at bottom of page which matches composer's last name.
  • CPDL #5484: Network.png PDF, MIDI and Capella 4 files available.
Editor: Ulrich Alpers (added 2003-08-18).   Score information: A4, kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes:
  • CPDL #3953: Network.png PDF and MIDI files available.
Editor: Eva Toller (added 2002-08-28).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: TTB version, 3vv, split choir version arranged by Eva Toller, midi files available for each part
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Editor: Eva Toller (added 2002-08-28).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: TTB–TTB, 6vv, split choir version arranged by Eva Toller, midi files available for each part
  • CPDL #3869: Network.png PDF, MIDI and NOTEWORTHY COMPOSER files available.
Editor: Marco-cipoo.net (added 2002-07-23).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: listed alphabetically by composer
  • CPDL #2552: Network.png PDF, MIDI and ABC files available.
Editor: Laura Conrad (added 2001-05-04).   Score information: kbytes   Copyright: GnuGPL
Edition notes: in partbook format
Editor: Rafael Ornes (added 1999-03-25).   Score information: 44 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:

General Information

Title: Come again! Sweet love doth now invite
Composer: John Dowland

Number of voices: 4vv, 3vv, 6vv  Voicing: SATB, SSAA, TTB, TTB–TTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published: 1597

Description: No XVII from First Booke of Songs or Ayres (1597)

Original text and translations

English.png English text

  • 1. Come again! sweet love doth now invite
Thy graces that refrain
To do me due delight,
To see, to hear, to touch, to kiss, to die,
With thee again in sweetest sympathy.
  • 2. Come again! that I may cease to mourn
Through thy unkind disdain;
For now left and forlorn
I sit, I sigh, I weep, I faint, I die
In deadly pain and endless misery.
  • 3. All the day the sun that lends me shine
By frowns doth cause me pine
And feeds me with delay;
Her smiles, my springs that makes my joy to grow,
Her frowns the winter of my woe.
  • 4. All the night my sleeps are full of dreams,
My eyes are full of streams.
My heart takes no delight
To see the fruits and joys that some do find
And mark the stormes are me assign'd.
  • 5. But alas, my faith is ever true,
Yet will she never rue
Nor yield me any grace;
Her Eyes of fire, her heart of flint is made,
Whom tears nor truth may once invade.
  • 6. Gentle Love, draw forth thy wounding dart,
Thou canst not pierce her heart;
For I, that do approve
By sighs and tears more hot than are thy shafts
Do tempt while she for triumphs laughs.

Italian.png Italian translation

  • 1. Ritorna! il dolce amore adesso invita
Le tue grazie, riluttanti,
A darmi il dovuto piacere,
A vedere, ad ascoltare, a toccare, a baciare, a morire,
Con te ancora nel più dolce cordoglio.
  • 2. Ritorna! ch'io possa fermare i miei lamenti
Per il tuo brusco rifiuto;
Poiché adesso, perduto e disperso
Io siedo, sospiro, piango, svengo, muoio
In mortale dolore e infinita miseria.
  • 3. Tutto il giorno il sole che mi porge splendore
Con smorfie mi causa dolore
E mi ritarda il cuore;
I suoi sorrisi, le fonti che accrescono la mia gioia,
Il suo cipiglio, l'inverno del mio dolore.
  • 4. Tutta la notte i miei sogni sono pieni di sogni,
I miei occhi di lacrime.
Il mio cuore non trova gioia
Nel vedere i frutti e le gioie che alcuni trovano
E ricorda le tempeste a me destinate.
  • 5. Ma ahimé, la mia fede è sempre vera,
Eppure lei non si pentirà
Né mi concederà grazia;
I suoi occhi son di fuoco, il suo cuore di pietra,
Né lacrime né fedeltà li possono invadere.
  • 6. Gentile Amore, estrai il tuo dardo che ferisce,
Ma non puoi trapassare il suo cuore;
Poiché io posso provarti,
Che con sospiri e lacrime più caldi delle tue frecce
Lo tento, mentre lei ride di trionfo.