Lasso non è morir (Giovanni Battista de Bellis)

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• (Posted 2021-04-05)  CPDL #63923:         

Editor: Wim Looyestijn (submitted 2021-04-05).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 615 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Lasso non è morir
Composer: Giovanni Battista de Bellis
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1608 in Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, Naples, no. 5
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Original text and translations

Italian text Lasso non è morir l'uscir di vita, ma l'amar e languire fra speranz' e desire cosi me ogn' hor la mia stella crinita fra la gioia e'l martire tienin pena infinita cosi provo à tutt' hore che morir' non si può se non d'amore.

Dutch translation Ik geeft het toe: sterven is niet het leven laten, maar lief hebben en kwijnen in hoop en verlangen, zoals ik, elk uur. Mijn ster is getooid met vreugde en gekweld door oneindige pijn. Zo bewijs ik alle uren dat ik niet kan sterven, niet van liefde.

English translation I admit, dying is not giving up life, but love and languish in hope and desire, like me, every hour. My star is adorned with joy and haunted by unending pain. That's how I prove all hours that I can't die not of love.