Vittoria, mio core!
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG ENG ENG GER POR SPA
Vittoria, mio core!
Non lagrimar più,
È sciolta d'Amore
La vil servitù.
Già l'empia a' tuoi danni
Fra stuolo di sguardi,
Con vezzi bugiardi
Dispose gl'inganni;
Le frode, gli affanni
Non hanno più loco,
Del crudo suo foco
È spento l'ardore!
Da luci ridenti
Non esce più strale,
Che piaga mortale
Nel petto m'avventi:
Nel duol, ne' tormenti
Io più non mi sfaccio
È rotto ogni laccio,
Sparito il timore!
Note (courtesy Laura Prichard): This text is from one of Carissimi’s more than 150 solo cantatas, which were written for professional singers who entertained in wealthy Roman homes. The earliest source for this song is Manuscript Mus. G 28 at Biblioteca Estense, Modena, and it appears in over a dozen early manuscripts, indicating its popularity. The first stanza is a refrain, and should be sung at the beginning and end of the song, as well as after the stanza ending "È spento l’ardore!"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Victory, my heart!", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Victorious my heart", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Victory, my heart!", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Paul England)
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Triumph, mein Herz", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Débora Letícia Batista) , "Vitória, meu coração", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "Victoria, mi corazón!", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 70
Vitória, meu coração
Language: Portuguese (Português)  after the Italian (Italiano)
Vitória, meu coração
Não chores mais!
Está livre do amor
A vil servidão.
Já a ímpia, aos teus danos,
Através de muitos olhares
Com falsos encantos,
Preparou os enganos.
As fraudes, as ansiedades,
Não encontram mais lugar.
Do seu cruel fogo
Terminou o ardor.
Dos olhos sorridentes
Não mais cintilam dardos
Que possam a dor mortal
Ao meu peito inflingir.
Na dor, nos tormentos
Eu não mais me desfaço.
Estão partidas todas as amarras,
Dissipado o temor.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 77