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Guarda donna el mio tormento
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Guarda donna el mio tormento by Anonymous — Lyrics
Guarda donna el mio tormento
que per ti son quasi morto
Non piu guerra, non piu stento
Che sio moro, moro a torto,
Che sio moro, moro a torto.
Guarda donna el volto mio
Come forte impalidito.
El tormento accerbo e rio
Fa chio son mostrato adito
Lasso me che son serito
Ne me po sanar onguento.
Non piu guerra...
Io me sento apocho apocho
manchar tutti i spirti mei
ho nel pecto acceso un focho
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About Guarda donna el mio tormento
This anonymous Italian madrigal for SATB voices vividly portrays the singer's profound suffering in unrequited love. The text describes a pallid face, the overwhelming torment, and the consuming fire of passion. The speaker feels his spirit fading, his pleas unheard, and his heart forever burdened by sorrow. He laments his servitude to this harsh and stubborn love, which offers only pain. The dramatic intensity of the lyrics is a hallmark of the secular Renaissance part-music genre, demanding expressive delivery from the choir to convey the depth of despair and unfulfilled longing.
