Queste lagrim'amare

Queste lagrim'amare,
Quest'angoscioso pianto,
Pianto non è, ma sangue
Del misero cor mio,
Ferito dallo strale
Del vostro sdegno adamantino e rio.
Ahi, lasso! e si ne langue
Il mio spirto vitale,
Ch'io mi sento morire.
Fero sdegno, empio cor, aspro desire!
Volete pur ch'io mora?
Morirò, ma chi mor'è un che v'adora.

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Giulio Caccini (1546-1618) , "Queste lagrim'amare", published 1601, from Le nuove musiche, no. 2.

Date added to the website: 2008-09-08.

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