Con pietà vi rimiro (Alessandro Striggio)

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(Posted 2022-12-01) CPDL #71758:

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2022-12-01). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 172 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original note values. Transposed down a fourth for STTBarB because of the chiavette used.

(Posted 2022-12-01) CPDL #71757:

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2022-12-01). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 173 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original pitch and note values.

General Information

Title: Con pietà vi rimiro
Composer: Alessandro Striggio
Lyricist: Giuliano Gosellini
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1583 Li amorosi ardori, no. 9
2nd published: 1596 in Il quarto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 8
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Con pietà vi rimiro,
Pallidette viole,
Pur dianzi rugiadose, hor arse al Sole:
Al Sol, ch’affretta il giro,
Forse per non udir vostro martiro.
Ben à voi mi pareggio
Dal lagrimar hor vinto,
Hor da l’ardor di cruda stella estinto:
E se pietà le chieggio;
Vola, ch’à pena col pensier la veggio.

German translation

Mit Gram betrachte ich euch,
verblichene Veilchen,
soeben noch vom Tau benetzt, nun von der Sonne verbrannt:
der Sonne, die ihren Lauf beschleunigt,
vielleicht, um euer Leid nicht anzuhören.
Wohl verleiche ich mich mit euch,
einmal vom Weinen überwältigt,
mal von der Hitze des grausamen Sterns ausgelöscht;
und wenn sie um Erbarmen bitte,
fliegt sie davon, so dass kaum noch in Gedanken ich sie sehe.

Translation by Gerhard Weydt

English translation

With pity I behold you,
faded violets,
only lately dew-moisted, now sun-burnt:
by the sun that hastens her course,
perhaps not to hear your martyrdom.
Well I compare myself to you,
now vanquished by weeping,
now extinguished by the heat of the cruel star;
and if I ask her for pity,
she flies away, that even in thought I hardly can see it.

Translation by Gerhard Weydt