O fugace, o superba

O fugace, o superbe, o più che vento
rapida e lieve, o più che marmo dura
a le mie voci, ed all'incendio mio
via più fredda che neve, 
Amarilli crudel, spietata e ria! 
Ove fuggi, o chi fuggi, o perché fuggi?
Deh, ferma, ohimè, lo sbigottito piede,
Amarilli, deh, torna, e ferma alquanto!
Amarilli fugace, ove mi lasci?

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 Sigismondo d'India (1582?-1629?) , "O fugace, o superba", 1615, from Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali, no. 8.

ENG English (unknown or anonymous translator)

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