Parlo, miser', o taccio?

Parlo, miser', o taccio? 
S'io taccio, che soccorso havrà il morire? 
S'io parlo, che perdono havrà l'ardire? 
Taci; che ben s'intende chiusa fiamma 
tal'hor da chi l'accende. 

Parla in me la pietade,
Parla in lei la beltade; 
e dice quel bel volto al crudo core, 
chi può mirarmi, e non languir d'amore?

by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612)

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

by Sigismondo d'India (1582?-1629?) , "Parlo, miser', o taccio?", 1607, from Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 3.
by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) , "Parlo, misero, o taccio?", published 1619 [madrigal], from Libro VII de madrigali, no. 20.
by Giovanni Paolo Nodari (16-17^th cent.) , "Parlo, misero o taccio?" [madrigal]

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