Interdette speranze

General information

Lyricist: Jacopo Sannazaro

Settings by composers

• Piero Benedetti S (1st 4 lines only)
• Luca Marenzio SSATTB (1st 4 lines only)

Texts and Translations

Italian text Interdette speranze e van desio Pensier fallaci, ingorde e cieche voglie, Lagrime triste e voi, sospiri e doglie Date omai pace al lasso viver mio.

English translation Forbidden hopes and vain desires, deceitful thought, trifling and avid appetites, unhappy tears and you, longings and afflictions, put an end to my weary life. (Translation from a post by user "Daisy" on Thomas Ligotti Online, Early Music Thread)