BENEDETTO FERRARI: Amanti io vi sò dire PDF SCORE

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Composed by Benedetto Ferrari Benedetto Ferrari (c.1603-1681). From Musiche varie a voce sola, Libro III, 1641.

Emma Kirkby, soprano
Anthony Rooley

Translation:

You lovers, I can tell you from experience
that it is much better
to flee from a beautiful and charming woman,
whether she is cruel or merciful;
in every manner and way,
dying of love is a folly.

One should not believe
to find joy in love:
happiness in love
is reserved only for a moment,
and, in the end, a beautiful woman
never gives roses without thorns.

The hope of joy
is based on suffering;
beauty and kindness
never are companions.
To my own grief, I have experienced
that death and love always go together.

Floods of tears are necessary
to extinguish the Vesuvius
of an enamoured heart,
of an inflamed spirit;
before one arrives in the harbour,
one says so often: “Alas, I am dying!”

Believe him
who can say from experience: “I saw, I was!”
If you do not want to believe it,
then let it be; it matters little to me.
Continue to love, for whoever must
break his neck in any case, should
be afraid of neither the hills nor the abysses;
and I have always heard said as a proverb:
“One cannot flee from one’s fate.”

Woman, I know you.
Cupid, I know what is going on.
I am not taking part in your games anymore.
Away with both of you!
If everybody was like me,
then Cupid would be a fool and not a god.

Translated by Howard Weiner