Amor, summa injuria (Money-Coutts, set by I. Albéniz) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Forgive me for the wrong I did,
To make you love me. Well I know
In that injurious hour were hid
Long hours of woe.

If judgment be pronounced on sin
Hereafter, then shall I be lost,
Because your love I [dared]¹ to win
At such a cost;

At such a cost to you; ah, me,
How often have your eyes o'erbrimmed
By alien infelicity
Unjustly dimm'd,

When from my heart, without a sign,
Some random lightning of unrest,
Some folly or misword of mine,
Has pierced your breast.

Forgive me, dear! If you forgive,
Methinks I shall not wholly die;
For Love will surely let me live,
If you comply.

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¹ Albéniz: "dare"

Input by Alfredo García

Authorship

Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852-1923)

Musa Verticordia

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

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)

Four songs

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

SPA

Spanish

FRE

French

Date added to the website: 2008-12-06.

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