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Bel desio che mi tormenti
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Bel desio che mi tormenti by Barbara Strozzi — Lyrics
Bel desio che mi tormenti
con angelli che sembianze nel produrmi
alte speranze tu disperd'i miei contenti,
bel desio che mi tormenti,
che piu chiedi al ciel cortese segua lieto hore beate?
La beltate sempre uccise un cor ch'accese.
Sol chi brama ir'è contese
segua lieto il nume infido
di Cupido mentr'hà cor che non paventi.
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About Bel desio che mi tormenti
Barbara Strozzi's Bel desio che mi tormenti is a secular Italian madrigal for solo soprano. The text expresses the anguish of a heart tormented by a desire that breeds high hopes only to shatter them. The lover laments that beauty, like a fleeting flower, can be quickly destroyed by even a little frost or warmth. The singer declares that a brief joy followed by eternal tears is not what the heart desires, and resolves not to suffer further torments from this false love, comparing its fickle nature to the unpredictable god of Cupid.
