Non piú guerra, pietate

Non piú guerra, pietate,
pietate, occhi miei belli,
occhi miei trionfanti! A che v'armate
contr'un cor ch'è già preso, e vi si rende?
Ancidete i rubelli,
ancidete chi s'arma e si difende,
non chi, vinto, v'adora.
Volete voi ch'io mora?
Morrò pur vostro, e del morir l'affanno
sentirò sí, [ma sarà vostr'il danno]1.

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¹ Caccini: "ma vostro sarà'l danno"

Input by Alberto Pedrotti

Authorship

by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612) , title unknown, from Rime, without number

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) , "Non più guerra", published 1601, from Le nuove musiche, no. 5.
by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) , "Non piú guerra, pietate", published 1603 [madrigal for vocal quintet], from Libro IV de madrigali, no. 15.

FRE French (Guy Laffaille) , "Plus de guerre, ayez pitié", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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