Cor mio deh non languire

Claudio Saracini was a composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. Cor mio deh non languire is a secular Italian madrigal for solo voice. The text expresses the singer's intense emotional turmoil, addressing their heart directly. It speaks of the soul languishing with the heart, of sighs sent in yearning, and a plea that if dying could help the heart to live, the singer would readily die. However, the heart unjustly lives, and the singer's heart is held captive in another's breast. Saracini's setting captures the dramatic and deeply personal nature of this poetic lament.