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Come potro giamai
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Come potro giamai by Luca Marenzio — Lyrics
Come potro giamai
finir tanti miei guai,
s'a mille a mille Amore,
aventa strali al core,
io moro e del morire,
cagion è sol un dolce mio martire.
A mille a mille Amanti,
spargo sospiri e pianti,
nè trovo altre diletto
che a quel esser sogetto,
che a mill'etate poi,
splenderà sempre co begl'occhi suoi.
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About Come potro giamai
This exquisite Italian madrigal for SSB voices vividly expresses the lover's profound suffering and unyielding devotion. The text paints a scene of a heart pierced by love's arrows, a constant source of sweet torment. The singer laments an endless cycle of sighs and tears, finding a strange solace only in the beloved's radiant eyes, which will shine eternally. The composer masterfully captures the anguish and overwhelming passion described in the words, portraying a lover utterly consumed by desire and the pain of unrequited or difficult love. It is a poignant reflection on the intensity of amorous feeling, typical of the secular Renaissance madrigal tradition.
