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Quel sguardo sdegnosetto, SV 247

Madrigal for soprano and basso continuo

Text: Anonymous

Music: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Published in 'Scherzi musicali' [II] (Venice: Bartolomeo Magni, 1632)
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Mária Zádori, soprano

Capella Savaria,
conducted by Nicholas McGegan

Recorded in January 1991

Pitch: A = 415 Hz
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Italian text:

Quel sguardo sdegnosetto,
lucente e minacioso,
quel dardo velenoso
vola a ferirmi il petto.
Bellezze ond'io tutt'ardo
e son da me diviso,
piagatemi col sguardo,
sanatemi col riso!

Armatevi, pupille,
d'asprissimo rigore,
versatemi sul core
un nembo di faville,
ma 'l labro non sia tardo
a ravvivarmi ucciso:
feriscami quel sguardo,
ma sanimi quel riso!

Begl'occhi, a l'armi, a l'armi!
Io vi preparo il seno:
gioite di piagarmi
in fin ch'io venga meno!
E se da vostri dardi
io resterò conquiso,
ferischino quei sguardi,
ma sanimi quel riso!
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English translation (by Derek Yeld, slightly edited):

What scornful look,
bright and threatening,
what empoisened dart
fly to wound my breast.
Beauties with which I am all aflame
and have parted me from myself
wound me with a look,
heal me with a smile!

Arm yourself, eyes,
with most harsh rigour,
shed upon my heart
a shower of sparks,
but let not your lips tarry
to revive me when I have been slain:
let that look wound me,
but let that smile heal me.

Fair eyes, to arms, to arms!
I have prepared my breast:
take pleasure in wounding me,
so that I be undone!
And if by your darts
I am vanquished,
let that look wound me,
but let that smile heal me!
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