I' desiai, ben mio (Giaches de Wert)
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- Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2020-09-17). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 94 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
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Title: I' desiai, ben mio
Composer: Giaches de Wert
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1591 in Il decimo libro de madrigali a 5 voci (Venice: Angelo Gardano press)
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Original text and translations
Italian text
I' desiai, ben mio,
ch'alla vostra partita
mi privasse di vita
il dolor ch'io soffersi acerbo e rio;
E già sentia lo spirto venir meno
quando un vostro sereno
sguardo, ch'allor del mio morir s'accorse,
dolce aita mi porse
quasi dicendo acqueta il duolo omai
che tosto mi vedrai.