O come vaneggiate (Ruggiero Giovannelli)

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Editor: Jens Peter Jacobsen (submitted 1998-12-28).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 128 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: originally madrigal, sacred text added

General Information

Title: O quam inanes / O come vaneggiate
Composer: Ruggiero Giovannelli
Lyricist: Aquilino Coppini

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genres: Secular & SacredMadrigal

Languages: Italian, Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Coppini edition (1607)

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

O quam inanes gressus nostri
Qui labimur in vanitates
& impios amores!
Quid titubamus caeci
& perdimus aeterna
Ut terrestria bona
Fluxa retineamus?
Insani sumus
& similes ferarum
Ni nascimur in vitam sempiternam.

Italian.png Italian text

O come vaneggiate donna
Pensand’ havermi tolto il core
Con torme il vostr’ amore.
Chi non ha core è morto
Et io son accorto
D’esser tanto più vivo
Quando di voi son privo.
Anzi ero morto e quando vi lasciai
Rinacqui sì ch’io non morrò più mai.

English.png English translation requested