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Come vivrai cor mio
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Come vivrai cor mio by Carlo Gesualdo — Lyrics
1.Come vivrai cor mio
hor mai che tu sei privo,
Del ben' che ti tien vivo,
Miracolo d'amore,
Che fà che viva,e senza vita un core.
2.E tù cruda ten' vai,
E tù sei pur' sparita,
Spirto della mia vita?
Miracolo d'amore,
Che fà che vita,e non hà spirto un core.
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About Come vivrai cor mio
Carlo Gesualdo's Come vivrai cor mio is a poignant madrigal for SSSTB voices, setting a deeply emotional Italian text. The words express the agony of separation, questioning how the heart can continue to live without the beloved, who has departed, taking with her the very spirit of life. The singer laments their foolishness in not preventing this departure, feeling that they deserve to die. The text grapples with a disembodied existence, where the mind speaks and reasons, but the heart is elsewhere, having been taken by the beloved. This secular Italian part-music explores themes of love, loss, and the dissolution of self in a masterful and expressive way.
