Fuggirò tanto Amore (Luca Marenzio)

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General Information

Title: Fuggirò tanto Amore
Composer: Luca Marenzio

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SAB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Primo libro delle Villanelle alla Napolitana

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Original text and translations

Italian text

Fuggirò tant'Amore,

Che scemerà l'ardore,

Le fiamm' e le catene,

Che tengono quest'alma in tante pene.

Fuggirò tanto, tanto,

Che cesserà il mio pianto,

Il nodo, l’arco, e ’l strale,

Che tien quest’alma in doglia aspra e mortale.

Fuggirò il forte laccio,

Et uscirò d’impaccio,

Né di fuggir mi pento,

E scemar quest’ardor che nel cor sento.

Fuggirò dunque Amore,

Sciolto dal fiero ardore,

E dirò nel fuggire:

"Donna tu sei cagion del mio martire"

English translation

I will escape from so much Love,

That the passion will diminish,

The flames and the chains,

That hold this soul in so much pain.

I will escape so much,

That my weeping will cease,

The knot, the bow, the arrow,

That keeps this soul in sore and deadly pain.

I will escape the strong lace,

And I will set me free,

Not my escape I repent,

Nor diminishing the passion I feel in my heart.

I will escape therefore my Love,

Free from the fierce passion,

And I will say by escaping:

"Woman, you are the cause of my martyrdom"