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Giunto è pur Lidia il mio
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Giunto è pur Lidia il mio by Antonio Cifra — Lyrics
Giunto è pur, Lidia, il mio,
non so se deggia dire:
o partire o morire,
lasso dirò ben io,
che la mort’ è la partita,
poi che’n lasciando te
lascio la vita.
Ecco l’hora, ecco ch’io
A pen il posso dire
Son costretto a partire,
dammi Lidia, cor mio
L’ultimo bacio omai
L’ultimo adio
Così dico in partendo
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About Giunto è pur Lidia il mio
This is a secular madrigal for SSATB voices in Italian by Antonio Cifra. The text expresses the pain of parting from a loved one, Lidia. The singer faces an agonizing choice between leaving and dying, realizing that to leave Lidia is indeed to die. He begs for a final kiss and farewell, watching Lidia weep as he departs, yet feeling himself bound to her. He leaves his heart with her as a pledge, but states that since she is imprinted on his heart, he cannot live without it. He wishes she could come with him, or he could somehow take her with him, so that he would have both his heart and her, who is his heart.
