Poiche'l camin m'è chiuso (Orlando di Lasso)

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  • (Posted 2014-05-04)  CPDL #31830: 
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Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2014-05-04).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 80 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Poiché'l camin m'è chiuso
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1555 in Primo libro di madrigali a 5 voci, no. 7
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Poi che 'l camin m'è chiuso di Mercede,
per desperata via son dilungato
da gli occhi ov'era, i' non so per qual fato,
riposto il guidardon d'ogni mia fede.

Pasco 'l cor di sospir', ch'altro non chiede,
e di lagrime vivo a pianger nato:
né di ciò duolmi, perché in tale stato
è dolce il pianto piú ch'altri non crede.

Canzoniere 130 (1st 8 lines)
English.png English translation

Since the path to Mercy's closed to me,
I travel on the road of despair, far
from those eyes where, by what fate who knows,
the reward for all my faith is set.

I feed the heart on sighs, it asks no more,
and, born to weep, I live on tears:
nor lament it, since in such a state
weeping's sweeter than others might believe.

Translation by Anthony S. Kline ©